MEANING & HISTORY
What does Marissa mean?
Marissa is a spelling of Marisa. A documented formation of Marisa joins Maria and Luisa, though the name also has other associations in different languages.
Maria belongs to the Miriam family and Luisa to the fame-and-battle Louis family. The extra s does not supply a new root. The compound account is more secure than treating of the sea as its only meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A female given name from Spanish, a contraction of Maria Lisa or Maria Luisa, though sometimes regarded as a re-interpretation of the name Melissa as a homophone in another European language.
Wiktionary: Marissa (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Marissa
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Marissa Delgado
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Marissa Andaya
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
6
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
3
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Marissa Delgado, Marissa Andaya
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Marissa in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Marissa
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Marisa♀Combination of Maria and Luisa
- Clarissa♀Clara-family form; bright or clear
- Maria♀Latin form of the biblical name Miriam
- María♂♀Spanish form of the biblical name Miriam
- Mariana·Maria/Marian family; also feminine Marianus
- Marina♀Of the sea
- Marisol♀Shortened María de la Soledad
- Marita♀A diminutive name in the Maria and Margaret families
What rhymes with Marissa?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Marissa further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1304867 — Marissa (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Marissa Delgado (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1304867 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Marissa Andaya (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1304867 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marissa (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Marissa (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: marissa (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Maria (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.
- Wiktionary: Maria (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.
- Wiktionary: Maria (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.
- Behind the Name: marisa (opens in a new tab)
Independent source-name account consulted for formation and any qualifications.