Clarissa

Pronunciation: kla-RIS-ə (key)

Names related to Clarissa: Clarice

Elaboration of Clara, a name derived from the Latin clārus (bright, clear, famous).

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Nicknames for Clarissa: | Edit: Clare, Rissa, Clara, Lissa, Clary, Kissa, Kia, Clariss
Meanings and history of the name Clarissa: | Edit: Form of Clara, from Latin, meaning "clear, shining"
Famous real-life people named Clarissa: | Edit: Clarissa Scott Delany (1901-1927), American poet
Clarissa Kaye, Australian stage, film and television actress
Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (born Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill)
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, American poet, psychoanalyst, and author
Clarissa in song, story & screen: | Edit: Clarissa Harlowe, heroine of Samuel Richardson's novel "Clarissa" (1748)
Clarissa Darling, "Clarissa Explains It All"
Clarissa Fray, protagonist of Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments"
Clarissa Dalloway, protagonist of Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway"