Larissa
Larissa is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Citadel; cheerful.
What Larissa means
Citadel; cheerful.
Larissa sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Larissa comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Larissa is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Larissa?
In the girl name rankings we track, Larissa falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Larissa
We group Larissa under Happy. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Happy
Names like Larissa
These share Larissa's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Beatrice — She who brings happiness.
- Sachiko — Child of happiness.
- Yuki — Snow; happiness.
- Allegra — Joyful and lively.
- Bliss — Perfect joy.
- Bonnie — Pretty, cheerful and good.
- Farah — Joy; happiness.
- Felicity — Intense happiness; good fortune.
- Gwyneth — Blessed; happiness.
- Joy — Great happiness and delight.
- Keisha — Joyful and favored.
- Makena — The happy one.