Marissa
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; form of Maria or Maris.
How Marissa has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #538 |
| 2016 | #596 |
| 2017 | #679 |
| 2018 | #883 |
| 2019 | #877 |
Marissa by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Marissa. In the US, 427 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 6,245 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Maria
Like Marissa, 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 Marissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marisaof the sea; a form of Maria88 in the US (2017)
- Mariskaof the sea; a form of Marisa25 in the US (2017)
- Malissahoney bee; a form of melissa6 in the US (2017)
- Maurissaof the moors; a form of Maureen or Maurice6 in the US (2017)
- Merissa6 in the US (2017)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Marissa
Names that are said the same way as Marissa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Marissa, 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 Marissa
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