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Yarissa
How to Pronounce Yarissa
Pronounced yah-REE-sah /jaˈris.a/Medium
Meaning: Yarissa is a modern Latina coinage that blends the fashionable Yar- opening, heard in Yaritza and Yara, with the melodic -issa ending of Marissa and Clarissa.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Yarissa is a modern coinage popular among Latina families, blending the Yar- element of Yaritza and Yara with the -issa ending shared by Marissa, Clarissa, and Larissa. It appears in United States birth records rising to a small high in the mid-2000s.
It stayed rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak, so a Yarissa from then would be in her twenties. It reads as a lyrical, heritage-flavored coinage rather than a traditional name, at home beside Yaritza and Marissa.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Yarissa mean?
It is a modern Latina coinage, blending the Yar- of Yaritza with the -issa ending of Marissa.
How do you pronounce Yarissa?
It's said yah-REE-sah (/jaˈris.a/).
Is Yarissa a boy or girl name?
Yarissa is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Yarissa?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the mid-two-thousands.