Clairissa
Girl · kla-RISS-a · Latin
Clairissa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Clairissa mean?
Latin: variant of Clarissa, from Latin clarus
“bright, clear”
Variant of Clarissa, which comes from Latin clarus and is the title heroine of Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel.
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Is Clairissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Clairissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Clairissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Clairissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clairissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
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