Larisa

Where Larisa comes from

The dictionaries list Larisa as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Larissa — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1951
    First appearance
    #5,414 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Peak, #1,042
    100 babies named Larisa — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,881.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Larissa.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Larisa hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.