Given name & surname
Arisa
“one who is superior”
Arisa is a variant of Arissa. In Greek use, Arissa carries the interpretation “one who is superior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arisa is a variant of Arissa. In Greek use, Arissa carries the interpretation “one who is superior.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 887
- 0 boys · 887 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,366 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,366 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 959 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 88,407 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arisa’s family of names
Arisa has a related form in Arissa. In Japanese usage, Arisa is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜利砂. In Japanese usage, Arisa is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亜梨沙.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 15
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arisa
- Arisa MatsubaraJapanese association football playerborn 1995
- Arisa TrewAustralian skateboarder (born 2010)
- Arisa IgarashiJapanese badminton playerborn 1996
- Alisa MizukiJapanese actress and singerborn 1976
- Arisa KomiyaJapanese actress and voice actressborn 1994
- Arisa OgasawaraJapanese actress, voice actress and narratorborn 1980
- Arisa NotoJapanese singer, actress, voice actress and choreographerborn 1988
- Alissa YagiJapanese fashion modelborn 1995
- Arisa MurataJapanese freestyle skierborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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