Larissa

Where Larissa comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).
— Wiktionary's entry for Larissa
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #4,417 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Larissa Riquelme born
    Paraguayan model and actress
  3. 1989
    Larissa Wilson born
    English actress
  4. 1994
    Peak, #363
    715 babies named Larissa — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #857.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr).
Namesakes
  • Larissa Riquelme · Paraguayan model and actress, born 1984
  • Larissa Wilson · English actress, born 1989
  • Larissa Manoela · Brazilian actress and singer, born 2000
  • Larissa Pimenta · Brazilian judoka, born 1999
  • Larissa Iapichino · Italian long jumper, born 2002

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.