Clarissa (given name)
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.[1]
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | German, Greek |
| Meaning | clear, brilliant, famous |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Clair, Clare, Clara, Clarice, Clarisa |
| [1] | |
Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.[1] In Hungarian, the name is Klárisza.[2]
Notable people
- 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 F. Dye (1832-1921), Civil War nurse from Philadelphia
- Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (born 1920)
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American poet
- Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop (1847-1892), American social reformer, autobiographer
Fictional characters
- 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
- Clarissa Saunders in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a 1939 film
- Clarissa Dovey in The School of Good and Evil novel series
- Clarissa Banks in PANdemIC, an upcoming comic by Richard Meyer.
See also
- Clarissa (disambiguation)
- Poor Clares, also called "Clarisse", the nuns of the "Order of Clare"
- Claire (given name)
- Clara (given name)
- Clare (given name)
- Clarice
References
- Bruggeman, David. "Clarissa," WikiName - All About Names Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Norman, Tessa (July 2003). A World of Baby Names. New York: Perigree. p. 126. ISBN 0-399-52894-6.
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