Carissa

Where Carissa comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carissa.

  • Vowel-ended
Carissa through the years
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Carissa Moore born
    Native Hawaiian-American surfer
  3. 1992
    Peak, #240
    1,155 babies named Carissa, the most in any year.
  4. 2003
    Carissa Yip born
    American chess player
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #578.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Carissa Moore · Native Hawaiian-American surfer, born 1992
  • Carissa Yip · American chess player, born 2003
  • Carissa Etienne · Caribbean physician, 1952–2023
  • Carissa Norsten · Canadian rugby union and sevens player, born 2003
  • Carissa Springett · Thai actress, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.