Girl · English (modern), from Hebrew
Marissa
Say it: muh-RISS-uh
Meaning
A 20th-century elaboration of Maria or Marisa; Mary is from Hebrew Miryam, of uncertain meaning.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in the US in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 120,324 babies given this name since 1936
- At its height in 1994, about 1 in 286 girls
- 224 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Marisa, Merissa
Famous bearers
- Marissa Mayer, American business executive
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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