Clarissa

Elaboration of Clara

"bright, clear"

Clarissa Origin and Meaning

Variation of Claire

Clarissa Rank in US Top 1000

# 946 in the US

Clarissa Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 751 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Clarissa

• 946 US 2021
• 751 Nameberry 2025
• 159 Unique 2024
• 453 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Clarissa

• Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton American nurse; founder of the Red Cross
• (Anne) Clarissa (Spencer Churchill) Eden, Countess of Avon
• Clarissa Davis American basketball player
• Clarissa Caroline Decker 6th wife of American Mormon leader Brigham Young
• Clarissa Cordelia "Clara" Moses Cannon American Mormon counselor
• Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling Chun American Olympic wrestler
• Clarissa Eshuis New Zealand field hockey player
• Clarissa Ward American TV journalist
• Clarissa Miriam Bowers America's Miss World 2017
• Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie English novelist

The name Clarissa in Pop Culture

• Clarissa Dalloway title character of "Mrs. Dalloway" (1925) by Virginia Woolf
• Clarissa Darling main character on TV's "Clarissa Explains It All"
• Clarissa Harlowe beautiful and saintly heroine of the novel "Clarissa; or, the History of a Young Lady" (1747,8) by Samuel Richardson
• Clarissa Adele "Clary" Fairchild main character in Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments" series
• Clarissa von Reckwitz main character in 1941 German film "Clarissa"
• Clarissa Alpert character on TV miniseries "Maneater"
• Clarissa Worthington Howe minor character in L. A. Meyer's "Bloody Jack" series
• Clarissa Saunders Mr. Smith's cynical secretary in film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "She called me Clarissa"
• Clarissa character on TV's "Reign"
• Clarissa Stein character on TV's "The Flash"
• The Honerable Clarissa Carter character in Enid Blyton's "Malory Towers" series