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View Name: Larissa


LARISSA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: lə-RIS-ə   [key]
Meaning & History
Variant of LARISA. It has been commonly used as an English given name only since the 20th century. In 1991 this name was given to one of the moons of Neptune, in honour of the mythological character.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVE: Lara
OTHER LANGUAGES: Larisa, Lara (Croatian), Lara (Dutch), Lara (French), Lara (German), Larisa (Greek Mythology), Lara (Hungarian), Lara (Italian), Larisa (Latvian), Lara (Portuguese), Larisa, Lara (Russian), Lara (Slovene), Lara (Spanish), Larisa, Larysa (Ukrainian)
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