Merissa

Where Merissa comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Merissa.

  • Vowel-ended
Merissa through the years
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #5,860 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Peak, #1,045
    172 babies named Merissa, the most in any year.
  3. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,995.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Marissa.
Namesakes

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