Clarissa

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this is my dd's current fave. What do you think?

I've suggested it to a few posters. Classy name.

I think it's a lovely name. But whenever I hear it I hear 'na na nana naa!' from Clarissa explains it all theme tune.

missymoola I used to fancy Clarissa's brother .

Love the name Clarissa!

coloured for me by someone I knew at school - so no, I don't like it.

Objectively, it's a nice name though - it just makes me shudder.

Makes me think of Clarissa from Malory Towers who goes from ugly ducking to glossy auburn-haired goddess. I love it, personally, but then I'm partial to anything Enid Blyton.

duckling

I think it's a lovely name, even though the first thing that comes to mind is one of the two fat ladies.

Like it.

Prefer Clara, but Clarissa is nice too.

One of my gt-gdmothers was named Clarissa, but usually called Clara, so you can have best of both worlds.

It is my all time favourite girls name. Sadly DH does not like it. I like Clarrie for short.

awful but i hate any name that ends in issa or essa.

Clara is lovely. Clara is beautiful actually. Clarissa could be clara for short so it has that going for it. So for that reason it's not a totally bad choice.

My friends sister was a Clarissa and hated it, she did get called Chloe. she must have been one of the first To be named Chloe.

It's OK but a bit frilly for me - prefer Claire, Cara, Clara.

Very twee. Not my bag.

Hate it. Had to read bloody Clarissa in 6th form and it was a nightmare. The man just wanted to write the longest book in English....but he succeeded in writing the most boring book in English. Ever. Fact.

I love it. wanted it for my dd2 but dh vetoed it full stop. Must be a man thing oohlalaa.

I love it. But I like all the -issa names eg Nerissa, Melissa, Marissa, Elissa, Alissa.

Like Clara or Clarice but not Clarissa.