Baby name
CLASSIC
🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 Marisa
/mah · REE · zah/
Meaning
“Blend of Maria and Luisa”
Blend of Maria and Luisa, or a variant of Maris; the fusion form became popular across Latin Europe and Latin America in the 20th century.
Nicknames
mari
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Elegant without being fussy; holds up well across decades.
The cultural moment.
Top 100 in Brazil and Italy through the 1970s-90s; now stable classic territory.