| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin, Italian, Portuguese |
| Meaning | clear, bright, famous |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Clara, Clarisse, Clarice, Clare, Clair, Sinclair, St. Clair |
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Clarissa is a female given name borrowed from Latin, Italian, and Portuguese,[1] originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi's Latin name Clara (originally meaning "clear" and "bright") and the suffix -issa, equivalent to -ess. Clarice is an anglicization of Clarisse, the French form of the same name. Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name,[1] and Klárisza the Hungarian.[2] The given names Clara, Clare, and Claire are all cognates, as are the surnames Sinclair and St. Clair.
- ^ a b c 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.