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Clarissa Gender Female Word/name Latin, Italian, Portuguese Meaning
clear ,
bright , famous Related names
Clara ,
Clarisse ,
Clarice ,
Clare ,
Clair ,
Sinclair ,
St. Clair
[1]
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 .
Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton, 1821–1912), American humanitarian who founded the American Red Cross
Clarissa Britain (1816–1895), American inventor
Clarissa Danforth (1792-1855), first woman ordained as a Free Will Baptist minister
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 (1920–2021)
Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American writer and Jungian psychoanalyst
Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop (1847–1892), American social reformer, autobiographer
Clarissa Kaye (1931–1994), Australian stage, film and television actress
Clarissa Ward (born 1980), British-American television journalist
Clarissa Stadler (born 1966), Austrian journalist, moderator and writer