Marisa
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Maria.
Marisa by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Marisa. In the US, 88 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 2,198 babies in 1995, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Maria
Like Marisa, each of these traces back to Maria: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Myamine; a modern respelling of Mia or form of Maria1,728 in the US (2017)
- Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marianoof Mars, warlike; masculine form of Maria148 in the US (2017)
- Maritzaof the sea; a form of Marina or Maria142 in the US (2017)
- Maribelof the sea and beautiful; blend of Maria and Isabel130 in the US (2017)
- Marielaof the sea; diminutive of Maria120 in the US (2017)
- Mariof the sea; a form of Mary or Maria32 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marisa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)
- Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariyaof the sea or beloved; a form of Maria24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisof the sea; maritime62 in the US (2017)
- Mariskaof the sea; a form of Marisa25 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marisa
Names that are said the same way as Marisa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Marisa, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Halliefrom the hall; sea-woman1,246 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Marisa
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