Marissa (name)
Pronunciation | /məˈrɪsə/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Latin |
Meaning | Will’s 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'.[1] 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)
References
- ^ Find-Baby-Name.com Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine