Klarisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kla-RIS-a
- Origin
- Latin
Klarisa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Klarisa mean?
Latin: spelling of Clarissa; Latinate elaboration of Clara
“bright, clear”
Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa (1748), one of the longest in English, made the name famous.
Meaning borrowed from Clarissa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Klarisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Klarisa is a girls' name.
How popular is Klarisa 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 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Klarisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Klarisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
Nicknames for Klarisa
Names like Klarisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Klarisa
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Klarisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/klarisa, updated 20 October 2026.