Girl · Spanish and Italian
Marisa
Say it: muh-RISS-uh
Meaning
A Spanish and Italian blend of Maria and Luisa; Mary is from Hebrew Miryam, of uncertain meaning.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in Spain and Italy and in the US from the 1960s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 48,570 babies given this name since 1934
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 800 girls
- 66 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Marissa, Merisa
Famous bearers
- Marisa Tomei, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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