Details for the forename Clarissa

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Clarissa (female)


Variants:	Caitir (F) Clare (F) Clarice (F) Clarisa (F)
Derivative of:	Clara (F) Clarinda (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English Latinate form of Clarice, sometimes found in medieval documents. Now a given name in its own right. The Scottish name Caitir may be Anglicized as Clarissa.