What do you think of Clarissa?

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

Prefer Clara

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

It's a lovely classic old-fashioned name.

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

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

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...

Gorgeous

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

Not keen
but Clara is lovely

Clarissa Bean?

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

I really like it

Too fussy.

Much much prefer Clara.

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.

'Clarissa explains it all' for me too!

Bit fussy.

Clara is lovely.

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

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

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

ANyway i thought of Clarissa explains it all too.

Awful

I like Clarissa and Clara.

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

Clarissa - very nice

Like it.

Also like Larissa.

My all time favourite name. Absolutely love the name.

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