Clarisse is a female given name borrowed from French, derived from the Italian and Latin name Clarissa, originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi's Latin name Clara (originally meaning "clear" and "bright") and the suffix -issa, equivalent to -ess. Clarice is an anglicization of Clarisse and there are numerous cognate names, including Clara, Clare, and Claire as well as the surnames Sinclair and St. Clair. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

• Clarisse Agbegnenou (born 1992), French judoka
• Clarisse Albrecht (born 1978), French musical artist
• Clarisse Bader (1840–1902), French writer
• Clarisse Coignet (1823–1918), French moral philosopher, educator, and historian
• Clarisse Cruz (born 1978), Portuguese runner
• Clarisse Crémer (born 1989), French offshore sailor
• Clarisse Doris Hellman (1910–1973), American historian of science
• Clarisse Garcia (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball coach
• Clarisse Herrenschmidt (born 1946), French archaeologist and linguist
• Clarisse Imaniriho, Rwandan politician
• Clarisse Iribagiza (born 1988), Rwandan computer scientist
• Clarisse Karasira (born 1997), Rwandan artist and humanitarian
• Clarisse Le Bihan (born 1994), French professional footballer
• Clarisse Leite (1917–2003), Brazilian composer, pianist and music educator
• Clarisse Loxton Peacock (died 2004), Hungarian-born artist later styled Lady Dunnett
• Clarisse Machanguana (born 1984), Mozambican basketball player and philanthropist
• Clarisse Midroy (1820–1870), French actress
• Clarisse Moh (born 1986), French middle-distance runner
• Clarisse Rasoarizay (born 1971), Malagasy long-distance runner
• Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana (1926–1987), Malagasy writer
• Clarisse de Souza, Brazilian professor of human–computer interaction
• Clarisse Tremblay (1951–1999), Canadian journalist and poet
• Clarisse Vigoureux (1789–1865), French Fourierist journalist and writer
• Clarisse Yeung (born 1986), Hong Kong politician

Fictional characters

• Clarisse La Rue, a character introduced in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians
• Clarisse McClellan, a character from Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451
• Clarisse Renaldo, a character from Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries
• Princess Clarisse d'Cagliostro, a character in The Castle of Cagliostro

See also

• Clarisse (disambiguation)
• Clarissa (given name)

References