Clarissa (given name)
| Clarissa | |
|---|---|
| Gender | female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | German, Greek |
| Meaning | bright, clear, brilliant, famous |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Clair, Clare, Clara, Clarice, Clarisa |
| [1] | |
Clarissa is a name derived from the Germanic name Clarice, which is derived from the Latin word clarus, which means "bright, clear or famous". Clarissa is an English, Italian, and Portuguese name; Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.[1]
Notable people with the name
- Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton, 1821–1912), American humanitarian who founded the American Red Cross
- Clarissa Davis (born 1967), American coach and women's basketball hall-of-famer
- Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947–2014), English celebrity chef
- Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (born 1920)
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American poet
Use in fiction
- Clarissa Explains It All, a children's TV show in the 1990s
- Clarissa Dalloway in Mrs Dalloway, a 1925 novel by Virginia Woolf
- Clarissa "Clary" Fray in The Mortal Instruments novel series
- Clarissa Harlowe, the heroine of Samuel Richardson's 1748 tragic epistolary novel Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
- Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in Spider's Web, a 1954 play by Agatha Christie
- Clarissa Mellon in Enduring Love, a 1997 novel by Ian McEwan
See also
References
- 1 2 Bruggeman, David. "Clarissa," WikiName - All About Names
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