Marisa
Marisa is a feminine given name. Like the given name Marissa, the name is derived from the Latin maris, meaning "of the sea". The name is also a Spanish, Portuguese or Italian contracted familiar nickname for Maria Isabel or Maria Luisa.
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Meaning & Origin of Marisa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marisa is a feminine given name. Like the given name Marissa, the name is derived from the Latin maris, meaning "of the sea". The name is also a Spanish, Portuguese or Italian contracted familiar nickname for Maria Isabel or Maria Luisa.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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- Portuguese
- English
The Story of Marisa
American parents first put Marisa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1934, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 2,198 Marisas were born — ranking #147 that year. About 32% of every Marisa on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Marisa ranks #4,492 for baby girls with 31 births, falling sharply (-41%). All told, over 49K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marisa
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marisa. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Marisa
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About the name Marisa
Marisa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1934 and has accumulated 49K births in the dataset. Marisa's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #145. Use the chart and map above to compare Marisa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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