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Larissa

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Larissa is a Greek name meaning “happy,” “cheerful,” or “lighthearted,” with variants like Larisa and Lara. Larissa and Lara seem related but come from different roots; both appeared in the 1960s, but Larissa has lasted longer.

Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names

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Usage of Larissa in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Larissa against each list of names.

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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Larissa is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Larissa in official name statistics

United States

In 2025, 126 girls were named Larissa, making it the #1643 girls' name in the US. Since 1946, 23,498 girls have been named Larissa, with the most (715) in 1994. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, Texas and North Carolina.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Other countries

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Austria #128 girls 48 Statistik Austria, 2025
Italy #700 girls 15 Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT), 2024
Mexico (Mexico City) #526 girls 15 Dirección General del Registro Civil de la Ciudad de México (Portal de Datos Abiertos de la CDMX), 2022
Poland #583 girls 3 Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2025
Switzerland #409 girls 17 Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), BEVNAT, 2025
Switzerland (French-speaking region / Romandy) #671 girls 2 Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS/OFS), 2025
Belgium (Flanders) #553 girls (all ages) 1,095 Statbel (Belgian federal statistical office), 2024
Brazil #24 girls (all ages) 360,523 Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2010
Estonia #66 girls (all ages) 2,265 Statistics Estonia (Statistikaamet), based on the Population Register, 2026
Finland #686 girls (all ages) 380 Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), 2026
Kosovo #597 girls (all ages) 30 Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK), name search tool based on Civil Registration Agency data, 2025
Poland #726 girls (all ages) 403 Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2026
Slovenia #964 girls (all ages) 63 Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), 2026
Switzerland #173 girls (all ages) 5,119 Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), STATPOP, 2025

Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.

Larissa in other languages

Larissa name days

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Asteroid Larissa

There is an asteroid named Larissa (number 1,162).

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Towns named Larissa

There are 2 towns and villages with Larissa in their name.

Larissa, Missouri, United States · View larger map
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Larissa Missouri, 🇺🇸 United States – Map
Larissa Texas, 🇺🇸 United States – Map

Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.

Larissa songs

One song on Wikidata has Larissa in its title:

  1. Requiem for Larissa – Valentyn Sylvestrov

Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.

Celebrities named Larissa

Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Larissa.

Larissa França
Larissa Oliveira
Larissa Ramos
Larissa Riquelme

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