What do you think of Clarissa?

[smilingserenely]

What do you think of Clarissa as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

[cuppatino]

Prefer Clara

[onimolap]

I like it - though it does remind me of a Fat Lady.

It's a lovely classic old-fashioned name.

[MelinaM]

Clarissa explains it all! Lol, it's a little American sounding for me I'm afraid
I agree, Clara's just lovely! x

[AphraBen]

Its a very very very long book, CLARISSA. Believe its British not American.

[saffy85]

I automatically thought of "Clarissa explains it all". Not a bad thing, was great a series imo. Even if some of Clarissa's outfits were a bit was the early 90's though...

[serin]

Gorgeous

[MrsColumbo]

Nice name, but she'll have to have long blonde hair and wear floaty white dresses and run through poppy fields.

[Rach109]

Not keen
but Clara is lovely

[MerryMarigold]

Clarissa Bean?

Don't really like it...but my dd's name ends in 'issa' so I should!

[snowmummy]

I really like it

[pointydog]

Too fussy.

Much much prefer Clara.

[taffetacat]

Its Clarice Bean, and Clarice is Amerian, Clarissa is actually Latin/Greek, but to me, quite quintessentailly English.

Its a lovely name, one of the ones I wanted for DD that DH vetoed.

[typsical]

'Clarissa explains it all' for me too!

[Dolittlest]

Bit fussy.

Clara is lovely.

[MerryMarigold]

Oh Clarice! Generally don't prefer American things, but I do prefer Clarice to Clarissa.

[taffetacat]

Clarice - I always think of Silence of the Lambs, "Oh, Clariiiiice...."

[DanceInTheDark]

Is the name finder not a joke thing? I always thought it was.

ANyway i thought of Clarissa explains it all too.

[WestYorkshirePudding]

Awful

[darleneconnor]

I like Clarissa and Clara.

[LilyBolero]

Prefer Clara. I always think of Clarissa from Malory Towers.

[SausageMonster]

Clarissa - very nice

[diddl]

Like it.

Also like Larissa.

[Komondor]

My all time favourite name. Absolutely love the name.

Unfortunately DH would not agree to name. He thought it poncey.