Name: Larissa
Gender: Female
Usage: Larissa is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Larissa are in general originating from Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Larissa across the world, see Laura.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Larissa is: Cheerful.
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Numerology of the first name Larissa: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Larissa is ranked on the 1,625th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 276000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.004% of the population. The name Larissa has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Larissa for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Larissa is 26 March.
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History and Origin
Larissa (Ancient Greek: Λάρισσα) is a female given name of Greek origin, derived either from Larissa, a nymph in Greek mythology who was a daughter of Pelasgus, or from the name of the ancient city of Larissa in Greece which meant "citadel". The name was later borne by the Christian martyr of the fourth century Saint Larissa. The name is spelled Λάρισα in modern Greek and Лариса in Cyrillic, and based on either may also be Latinised as Larisa. A Russian short form is Lara, made famous through Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago (1957).
Russian: of uncertain origin. It is the name of a Greek martyr venerated in the Eastern Church, and may perhaps be derived from the ancient Thessalian town of Larissa.
Variant: Larisa.
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