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Klaryssa

Gender
Girl
Say it
kla-RISS-a
Origin
Latin

Klaryssa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Klaryssa mean?

Latin: spelling of Claryssa, itself a variant of Clarissa, from Latin clarus

“bright, clear”

Variant of Clarissa, which comes from the Latin word clarus, meaning bright or clear.

Meaning borrowed from Claryssa.

Is Klaryssa a girl's or a boy's name?

Klaryssa is a girls' name.

How popular is Klaryssa in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.

Half of all the girls named Klaryssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1990Busiest: 14 in 19952018
Klaryssa in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20186#13,788
20170–
20167#12,871
20155#16,413
20140–
201310#10,230
20120–
201113#8,610
20106#14,953
20097#13,698
20086#15,399
20078#12,671
200613#8,711
200511#9,447
200411#9,259
20037#12,401
200213#7,810
20019#10,095
200013#7,574
19997#11,378
19985#14,116
19970–
19969#8,807
199514#6,252
199411#7,598
19936#11,773
19926#11,730
19910–
19905#12,952

Names like Klaryssa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Klaryssa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/klaryssa, updated 20 October 2026.