Clarisse (given name)

Clarissa
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin, Italian, Portuguese
Meaning	clear, bright, famous
Other names
Related names	Clara, Clarisse, Clarice, Clare, Clair

Clarisse is a female given name borrowed from French, derived from the Italian and Latin name Clarissa, originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi's Latin name Clara (originally meaning "clear" and "bright") and the suffix -issa, equivalent to -ess. Clarice is an anglicization of Clarisse and there are numerous cognate names, including Clara, Clare, and Claire. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

Clarisse Agbegnenou (born 1992), French judoka
Clarisse Albrecht (born 1978), French musical artist
Clarisse Bader (1840–1902), French writer
Clarisse Coignet (1823–1918), French moral philosopher, educator, and historian
Clarisse Cruz (born 1978), Portuguese runner
Clarisse Crémer (born 1989), French offshore sailor
Clarisse Doris Hellman (1910–1973), American historian of science
Clarisse Garcia (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball coach
Clarisse Herrenschmidt (born 1946), French archaeologist and linguist
Clarisse Imaniriho, Rwandan politician
Clarisse Iribagiza (born 1988), Rwandan computer scientist
Clarisse Le Bihan (born 1994), French professional footballer
Clarisse Leite (1917–2003), Brazilian composer, pianist and music educator
Clarisse Loxton Peacock (died 2004), Hungarian-born artist later styled Lady Dunnett
Clarisse Machanguana (born 1984), Mozambican basketball player and philanthropist
Clarisse Midroy (1820–1870), French actress
Clarisse Moh (born 1986), French middle-distance runner
Clarisse Rasoarizay (born 1971), Malagasy long-distance runner
Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana (1926–1987), Malagasy writer
Clarisse de Souza, Brazilian professor of human–computer interaction
Clarisse Tremblay (1951–1999), Canadian journalist and poet
Clarisse Vigoureux (1789–1865), French Fourierist journalist and writer
Clarisse Yeung (born 1986), Hong Kong politician

Clarisse La Rue, a character introduced in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Clarisse McClellan, a character from Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451
Clarisse Renaldo, a character from Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries
Princess Clarisse d'Cagliostro, a character in The Castle of Cagliostro