Laryssa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-RISS-uh
- Origin
- Greek
Laryssa is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Laryssa mean?
Greek: variant of Larissa
Variant of Larissa, from the Greek city of Larissa in Thessaly, which was also the name of a nymph in myth.
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Is Laryssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Laryssa is a girls' name.
How popular is Laryssa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1968, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Laryssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laryssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,843 |
| 1968 | 67 | #1,365 |
Nicknames for Laryssa
- Lara 522 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Laryssa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Selena Ariana Melina Samantha Larissa Sophia Tessa Sierra Lara Liana Serena Alyssa
Names related to Laryssa
More Greek names
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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, “Laryssa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laryssa, updated 20 October 2026.