Clarisse

Where Clarisse comes from

Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarice.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clarisse
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1899
    Debut at its peak, #1,394
    #1,394 among girls with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1900
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes

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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.