Name meaning & stats
Clarissa
Clarissa means “bright, clear” (Latin origin). 38,128 US babies since 1940, peak 1995.
What it means
“bright, clear”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1995
38,128 US babies were named Clarissa between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Clarissa (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 83% of the family
- Clarissa 83%
- Clarisa 7%
- Klarissa 6%
- Claressa 1%
- Clarrissa 1%
- Clarrisa 1%
- Klarisa 1%
- Claryssa <1%
- Klaryssa <1%
- Clariza <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1995)