Name profile

Larissa

This name is a variant of Larisa.

PronunciationEnglish /lə.ˈɹɪs.ə/; German /la.ˈʁɪ.sa/
Usage languagesDutch, English, French, German, Greek Mythology, Italian, Portuguese
US rank (2025)#1,643

Meaning and history

Larissa is a variant of Larisa that has been used as an English given name mainly since the 20th century, borrowed from Russian. In 1991, the name was also given to one of Neptune’s moons in honor of the mythological character.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 454 births, rank #633
2007: 506 births, rank #590
2008: 424 births, rank #707
2009: 376 births, rank #755
2010: 368 births, rank #753
20112011: 308 births, rank #857
2012: 315 births, rank #846
2013: 231 births, rank #1,071
2014: 233 births, rank #1,092
2015: 217 births, rank #1,162
20162016: 181 births, rank #1,320
2017: 206 births, rank #1,187
2018: 146 births, rank #1,497
2019: 143 births, rank #1,516
2020: 116 births, rank #1,728
20212021: 140 births, rank #1,506
2022: 136 births, rank #1,560
2023: 148 births, rank #1,474
2024: 130 births, rank #1,609
20252025: 126 births, rank #1,643

Larissa rose from #858 to #848 for girls between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 1994, with 715 births.