Meaning & origin
What it means
Larysa possibly goes back to Latin Lārissa, meaning “sweet.”
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Where it comes from
Larysa possibly comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
Possibly from Latin Lārissa, from Ancient Greek Λᾱ́ρισσᾰ.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Larysa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 155
- 0 boys · 155 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,302 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.
Larysa’s family of names
In Polish usage, Larysa has a diminutive in Lara. In Polish usage, Larysa has a conventional equivalent in the English form Larissa. In Polish usage, Larysa has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Larysa has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Larysa
- Larisa ShepitkoSoviet film director and screenwriter (1938—1979)
- Larysa HienijušBelarusian poet, writer and active participant of the national movement (1910–1983)
- Larysa KhoroletsUkrainian actress1948–2022
- Larysa ZaspaUkrainian handball playerborn 1971
- Larysa DenysenkoUkrainian journalist and lawyerborn 1973
- Larysa KondrackiCanadian film director and screenwriterborn 1976
- Larysa SkorykUkrainian architect, academic, and politicianborn 1939
- Larysa VaronaBelarusian skier and rowerborn 1983
- Larysa IvshynaUkrainian journalistborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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