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Larisa
Say it: luh-REE-suh
Meaning
From Larisa, the name of a Greek city and of a nymph; the word's meaning is unknown.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Taken into Russian use through a saint's name and common in the Soviet era.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 3,375 babies given this name since 1951
- At its height in 1968, about 1 in 16,400 girls
- 13 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Larissa, Лариса
| Greek | Larisa |
|---|---|
| Ukrainian | Larysa |
Famous bearers
- Larisa Latynina, Soviet gymnast
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.