Given name
Darissa
“a wise woman”·“from the oak tree”
Darissa is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darissa is a variant of Dara. Interpretations include “a wise woman” and “from the oak tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darissa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 100
- 0 boys · 100 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,213 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,213 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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