Marisa
Marisa is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Sand.
What Marisa means
Sand.
Marisa sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Marisa comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Marisa is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Marisa?
Marisa sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
Names like Marisa
These share Marisa's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Megumi — Blessing, grace.
- Mei — Sprout; bright.
- Midori — Green.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Haruka — Distant; spring.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Kaede — Maple leaf.