Given name
Laryssa
“a lighthearted woman”
Laryssa is a variant of Larissa. One Latin interpretation is “a lighthearted woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laryssa is a variant of Larissa. One Latin interpretation is “a lighthearted woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Laryssa is a variant of Larissa. A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laryssa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,239
- 0 boys · 1,239 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 67 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −82%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 67 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,173 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.
Laryssa’s family of names
Laryssa has a related form in Larissa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laryssa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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