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Variant English Pronunciations: lə-RI-sə, lə-REES-ə, lə-REE-sə.
Very elegant and sophisticated! Makes me think of jewels and velvet.
Beautiful ❤❤.
Russian-born Larissa Volokhonsky, along with her husband Richard Pevear, has translated numerous works from Russian to English, including The Brothers Karamazov, Uncle Vanya, War and Peace, and many others.
I'm thinking of changing my name and this is one of my top options! So pretty.
As an author, Larissa is one of the names of the girls in my story, and slowly, the character builds, into a name that I love. It is strong, and sweet. Incredible name.
So beautiful and elegant.
Gorgeous.
Also used in Estonia: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_(eesnimi)
Brazilian singer and actress Larissa Manoela Taques Elias Santos (stage name Larissa Manoela) is a famous bearer of this name.
This is a nice name. It's cute on a child and also ages well. I can see an adult going by Larissa - it sounds mature.
I guess it sounds okay. I prefer Clarissa or Marissa though.
I don't like this name very much. To be honest, the original 'Larisa' was more preferable.
Larissa Pereira is the wife of Brazilian professional footballer Roberto Firmino.
This name is also used in Portugal, not just in Brazil.
Larissa Mabel Riquelme Frutos, usually known as Larissa Riquelme is a Paraguayan model and actress from Asunción. She is one of the highest-paid models in Paraguay. A famous model and actress in Paraguay, Riquelme rose to international prominence during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A supporter of both the Paraguay national football team and the club Cerro Porteño, she was first pictured in international media celebrating a goal during the game between Paraguay and Slovakia with her Nokia mobile phone between her breasts and she was wearing a t-shirt with Paraguay's colors. Riquelme is the face of the deodorant brand Axe in Paraguay and at a later Paraguay game in the World Cup she was also seen with the word "Axe" written on her chest as advertising for the deodorant brand.
The name Larissa was given to 216 girls born in the US in 2015.
Larissa de Macedo Machado, known by her stage name Anitta, is a Brazilian recording artist, songwriter, and dancer. Anitta garnered international fame in 2013 after releasing her debut single "Show das Poderosas".
This is one of the only "-issa/-isa" names that I like. Just, please, don't spell it "LaRissa".
This is also the name of Larisa Iordache, Romanian Olympic medalist gymnast.
I like this name, but prefer the spelling Laurissa.
Pretty. I spell it Laryssa.
I'm not really sure why I like this name, but I think it has something to do with the "L" at the beginning. I think it rolls off the tongue easier than Karissa or Carissa. I also like Clarissa.
Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka, Ukrainian poetess and writer. Born Feb. 23, 1871, died Aug.1, 1913.
Larissa Oleynik played Alex Mack on the series of the same name (ran several seasons on Nickelodeon.)
While I actually like Marissa, and Melissa is so common that it sounds mature to me, this name, along with Carissa and Clarissa, just sounds really girly and youthful. It sounds too cutesy for a grown-up, somehow.
From what I have researched Larissa appears to mean 'Ocean' in Greek, maybe that's where the 'seagull' connitation came into being. Anyhow okay name.
It sounds very childish. I don't like it a lot.
Larissa is the name of one of Neptune's moons.
Larissa Hodge is the name of Bootz on Flavor of Love season 2, even though I'm quite sure none of you guys know or even heard of what that is. But Larissa is still a very pretty name.
Larissa is a very pretty name for a girl. Not heard of very often which is nice.
I love it, I think it's adorable.
Larissa began usage in the late 1960's and has been used ever since, it doesn't rate high on the top 1000 list.
To me it sounds like a name of an R&B or rap singer. LaRissa. I dislike it.
I read somewhere that this name is Greek meaning "cheerful".
Some famous namesakes from the sport of gymnastics:
Larissa Latynina (former USSR)
Larissa Lowing (Canada)
Larissa Fontaine (United States)
This is the first name of Lara Guishar, the tragic herione of Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago'.
Apparently, it is supposed to mean "seagull" in Greek.

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