Maurissa
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the moors; a form of Maureen or Maurice.
Maurissa by the numbers
Maurissa was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 50 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Maureen
Like Maurissa, each of these traces back to Maureen: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Maurice
Like Maurissa, each of these traces back to Maurice: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Mauricedark-skinned; moorish394 in the US (2017)
- Morrisdark-skinned; moorish; a form of Maurice104 in the US (2017)
- Mauriziodark-skinned; italian form of Maurice10 in the US (2017)
- Maurielleof the moor; feminine elaboration of Maurice9 in the US (2017)
- Mauryof the moors; a form of Maurice or Maureen6 in the US (2017)
- Mauriedark-skinned; a form of Maurice5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maurissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Maurianaof the moors; feminine form of Maurius6 in the US (2017)
- Merissa6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maurissa
Names that are said the same way as Maurissa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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