Clarissa

Elaboration of Clara

"bright, clear"

Updated Tue Feb 03 2026

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Clarissa Origin and Meaning

Variation of Claire

# 946 in the US

# 625 on Nameberry

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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

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