Marissa (name)

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Pronunciation	/məˈrɪsə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	Mermaid
Other names
Related names	Marisa, Maris, Mary, Maria, Marie

Marissa is a feminine given name typically used in Western culture. It is a variation of Maris, which is Latin for 'of the sea'. It can also be spelled Marrisa, Merissa or Marisa. Marissa also means "little Mary" referring to the Virgin Mary.

People

• Marissa Coleman (born 1987), American Women's National Basketball Association player
• Marissa Delgado (born 1951), Filipino actress
• Marissa Irvin (born 1980), American tennis player
• Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), American actress
• Marissa Lingen (born 1978), American short fiction writer
• Marissa Mayer (born 1975), American business executive, President and CEO of Yahoo
• Marissa Meyer (born 1984), American novelist
• Marissa Mazzola-McMahon (born 1973), American film producer
• Marissa Nadler (born 1981), American singer-songwriter
• Marissa Ponich (born 1987), Canadian fencer
• Marissa Ribisi (born 1974), American actress

Fictional characters

• Marissa Cooper, on the television series The O.C.
• Marissa Faireborn, the main human protagonist from the Transformers series
• Marissa Tasker, from the soap opera All My Children
• Marissa Benson, from the sitcom iCarly
• Marissa Morgan, played by Geneva Carr, from the television drama series, Bull.
• Marissa Schurr, played by Holly Deveaux, from the television series Hannibal

See also

• Marisa (given name)
• Melissa (sometimes pronounced as a homophone in other languages)