Marisa (given name)

Marisa is a feminine given name. Like the given name Marissa, the name is derived from the Latin maris, meaning "of the sea".^[1] The name is also a Spanish or Italian contracted familiar nickname for Maria Isabel (Mary Elizabeth) or Maria Luisa (Mary Louise, 'Mary-Lou').

People with this name

• Marisa Allasio (born 1936), Italian actress
• Marisa Baena (born 1977), Colombian golfer
• Marisa Barros (born 1980), Portuguese long-distance runner
• Marisa Berenson (born 1946), American actress and model
• Marisa Catalina Casey, photographer, graphic designer, educator, and co-author of the book Born in Our Heart
• Marisa Coughlan (born 1973), actress in the USA
• Marisa Ferretti Barth (born 1931), Canadian senator
• Marisa Joy, an American Idol contestant
• Marisa Letícia, second wife of former President of Brazil Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva
• Marisa López (born 1964), Argentine field hockey player
• Marisa Mell (1939–1992), Austrian actress
• Marisa Merlini (1923–2008), Italian actress
• Marisa Miller (born 1978), American model
• Marisa Monte, Brazilian popular singer
• Marisa Paredes, also known by the surname "Bartolomé"
• Marisa Pavan (born 1932), Italian actress
• Marisa Ramirez, American actress
• Marisa dos Reis Nunes, popular Portuguese fado singer
• Marisa Robles (born 1937), harpist
• Marisa Siketa, Australian actress
• Marisa Tomei (born 1964), American actress
• Marisa Warrington (born 1973), actress

Fictional characters

• Marisa Coulter, a character from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
• Marisa Kirisame (霧雨 魔理沙), a fictional witch in numerous Touhou Project games
• Marisa Turner, Countess New Kiev, a character from David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series.
• Marissa Cooper from The OC series.
• The main character Marissa Baker in novel series "The Secrets of Witch Falls" by Vitaly Grigorowski

See also

Notes

1. ↑ "Female 'M' Names". 20,000 Names from Around the World. Retrieved 2013-07-05.