Clarissa

Clarissa is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Austria, Switzerland
US records 1880–2017: 21 male / 38,283 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Clarissa

If you do not know Clarissa’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Clarissa,” in English, “Guten Tag Clarissa,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Clarissa,

German

Guten Tag Clarissa,

French

Bonjour Clarissa,

Spanish

Estimado/a Clarissa:

Chinese

Clarissa您好：

Japanese

Clarissa様

English

Hi Clarissa,

German

Hi Clarissa,

French

Salut Clarissa,

Spanish

Hola Clarissa,

Chinese

Clarissa你好：

Japanese

Clarissaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Clarissa by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	very common	woman's name
Austria	rare	woman's name
Switzerland	rare	woman's name
Germany	rare	woman's name
East Frisia	rare	woman's name
Great Britain	rare	woman's name
Italy	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

21 male · 38,283 female · 38,304 births recorded

Male ≈ 0.1%Female ≈ 99.9%

Records from 1980–2017: 0.1% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Clarissa a male or female name?

Clarissa is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Clarissa in an email?

Is Clarissa a unisex name?

Clarissa is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Clarissa a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/clarissa. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_clarissa,
  title  = {Is Clarissa a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/clarissa},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}