Marrissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-RIS-a
- Origin
- Latin
Marrissa is a girls' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marrissa mean?
Latin: spelling of Marissa; modern elaboration of Maria or Maris
A 20th-century elaboration of Maria or Maris, sometimes linked to Latin maris, of the sea.
Meaning borrowed from Marissa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Marrissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Marrissa is a girls' name.
How popular is Marrissa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Marrissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marrissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 85 | #1,711 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,704 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,264 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Marrissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marissa Amanda Mariana Miranda Serena Marisol Marina Sierra Montana Ariana Tiana Victoria
Names related to Marrissa
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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, “Marrissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marrissa, updated 20 October 2026.