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Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton, after the main character in Richardson's "Clarissa".
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Very good, not so common alternative to names like Clara and Claire.
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I love Claire as a nickname for this name. I've been looking for a name that Claire could be the nickname for because Claire is too short to be a first name in my opinion.
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I love the name, also a character in North and South by John Jakes - Clarissa Main, the mother of the southern protagonist Orry Main.
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This is a very pretty and enchanting name. It has a melodic sound to the ears.
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I think this is the most CLASSY, ELEGANT, DELICATE, REFINED, UPPER CLASS FEMININE NAME. It sounds delicate and majestic, like the name of a goddess, royal noble aristocratic name. And the meaning is even more unique, special and magnificent. I simply adore it.
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Clarissa; clear.
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I have mixed feelings... on one hand... it's beautiful. I love how it is spelled, how it sounds, the fact that it seems so Victorian. But... it's my deadname...which is making me dislike it. If this is your name, it is beautiful, just has personal negative connotations.
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A beautiful name that should be used frequently. I was almost named this but my parents ended up choosing Clara instead.
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Absolutely gorgeous. Lovely-sounding, refined, elegant, and sweet; definitely should be used more often.
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Also Gascon, Provençal and Languedocian: https://ieo-oc.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=300 --- Source: Institut d'Estudis Occitans
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Very pretty, dainty, and sophisticated. More mature-sounding than Carissa.
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I like this name way better then Marissa. And I like the name Claire for a nickname.
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I used to hate this name a while back, but now I honestly think it’s really pretty. If you like it, then I say go for it honestly.
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No thank you.
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This is a very pretty name. I pronounce it "Cluh-ris-uh".
I've always loved this name.
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I've always loved this name.
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This is one of those names that I hated the first time I heard it. But now, I really love it! A nice twist on Claire. Very pretty, and fresh sounding. I love the nickname Rissa!
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Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop (1847 – September 11, 1892) was an American social reformer and autobiographer. Her prominence came from her remarkable experience, being confined and unlawfully imprisoned in the Utica Lunatic Asylum for 26 months (October 1880 – December 1882), through a plot of a secret enemy to kill her. She eventually managed to communicate with James Bailey Silkman, a lawyer who, like herself, was confined in the same asylum under similar circumstances. He succeeded in obtaining a writ of habeas corpus, and Judge George G. Barnard of the New York Supreme Court pronounced Lathrop sane and unlawfully incarcerated.
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Pretty.
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This would be a cute combination of Claire and Isabelle!
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A song by Mindless Self Indulgence.
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My name is Clarissa Rosa and I love my name. It’s common enough to be recognizable but I have never met another girl with that name.
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Duh, Clarissa by Stefan Zweig.
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Lovely name.
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My name is Clarissa Joy. My nicknames are Cj, Cjoy, Clarisse, Clari and like my name.
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What a lovely name! I would so name my daughter this.
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I think this name is beautiful but there are more ways to spell it than are listed and I think when it is spelled with a K (Klarissa) it is much prettier.
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I adore this name here in the U.K. The name Clarissa is often given to upperclass children of the aristocracy and it reminds me of a beautiful, well behaved Victorian school girl :)
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It is so that Clarissa Fray/Fairchild/Morganstern is a main character in the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare but Clarissa is also a very regal name in itself. I love the nickname Clary that has come forth from this name.
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Clarissa Fray is the main character of the Mortal Instruments Trilogy, by Cassandra Clare. She goes by the nickname "Clary".
Clarisse is a daughter of Ares (or demi-god) in the book the Lightning Theif.
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Clarisse is a daughter of Ares (or demi-god) in the book the Lightning Theif.
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Beautiful. Doesn't get more regal, strong or feminine. Just lovely.
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This is definitely a girly name but I like it. It's pretty. It makes a nice sound when spoken and looks pretty when written.
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It sounds sort of cutesy. :P I don't know why. It's not something I would name my kids.
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Clarissa Chun (born 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii, US) is an American wrestler.
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I think Clarissa is a wonderful name that has never been overused. It's very feminine so no one will ever mistake Clarissa for a male. I think it's also a name that can grow and mature as needed. I am not fond of nicknames, but I once knew a girl named Clarissa and her nickname was Rissa.
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I love this name! I think it's incredibly beautiful. I like it better than Clara (which is nice too, though).
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I think this is really a rather charming, gentrified and pleasant name. Lovely :)
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As for my earlier debate between Clarissa, Clarice, and Claire (which later became Clare), I realized that Clara is the best of all the variants. Clarissa is still okay, though.
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Clarissa is the name of one of the 'Two Fat Ladies' a wonderful British Cooking programme on T.V. I think she's the one who's still living.
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Just add lace.
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I used to not like Clarissa (most -issa names I find too "girly", and even obnoxious), but it has grown on me. At the moment, I can't figure out if I like Clarissa, Clarice, or Claire the most.
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Clarissa Fray is the main character of the Mortal Instruments Trilogy, by Cassandra Clare. She goes by the nickname "Clary".
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This name is very beautiful and unique.
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The Italian pronunciation is klah-RREESS-sah.
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It's a lovely name, so feminine and sensual, when I hear this name I imagine a beautiful girl or woman.
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A famous bearer was the Countess of Avon - Clarissa Eden (born Anne Clarissa Spencer Churchill, niece of Sir Winston Churchill), who married British statesman Sir Anthony Eden, created Earl of Avon.
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Clarisse is a daughter of Ares (or demi-god) in the book the Lightning Theif.
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Very beautiful. I actually would prefer 'Carissa' were it a real, traditionally used name (Clarissa was in use in the Middle Ages, and revived in the 18th century). But I like Clarissa a whole lot too.
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I'm quite fond of Clarissa, though I fear its perception as "prissy."
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Clarissa Darling was the main character of the TV show "Clarissa Explains It All".
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A very lovely name. Just lovely!
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Clarissa is my name and I like it, but I think it's a bit too girly for me. :)
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In the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", Clarissa is the first name of Saunders.
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I absolutely adore this name. It sounds so cute and is very beautiful. I also love Claire, but can't decide which one I like best.
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Clarissa is the name of Mrs. Dalloway in the novel with the same name by Virginia Woolf.
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Clarissa is also the title of the 18th Century epistolary novel -- Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady (1747-48) written by Samuel Richardson.
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