Larissa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning cheerful or citadel.
Larissa by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Larissa. In the US, 205 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 715 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Larissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Larissa
Names that are said the same way as Larissa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- La'Rosathe rose; respelling of la rosa or larosa8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean joy
Like Larissa, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Larissa
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