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Meaning of the nameMarisa

Marisa is a female name that Machado, cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, derives from the French Marise, a fusion of Marie and Louise.

Meaning

The meaning of Marisa is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
86,015
Rank in Brazil
#360
Median age
52 years
2010 Census
96,220
people

Marisa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marisa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (23,914 people).

85,691 women 324 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Marisa is most common

States with the highest share of people named Marisa in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.102%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.068%
  3. São Paulo 0.065%
  4. Paraná 0.052%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.043%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo29,0540.065%
Rio Grande do Sul11,0950.102%
Minas Gerais8,8100.043%
Rio de Janeiro6,4050.040%
Paraná5,9410.052%
Santa Catarina5,1840.068%
Bahia4,0640.029%
Pernambuco2,0230.022%
Goiás1,8480.026%
Ceará1,3390.015%
Pará1,1310.014%
Maranhão1,0610.016%
Distrito Federal9700.034%
Mato Grosso do Sul8920.032%
Mato Grosso8480.023%
Paraíba7160.018%
Piauí7120.022%
Espírito Santo7030.018%
Alagoas6460.021%
Amazonas5660.014%
Rio Grande do Norte4560.014%
Sergipe4420.020%
Tocantins4020.027%
Rondônia3570.023%
Acre1300.016%
Roraima1290.020%
Amapá910.012%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Marisa

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), derives Marisa from the French Marise, the result of a fusion of Marie and Louise. Behind the Name describes the name, in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, as a combination of Maria and Luisa. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 86,015 people named Marisa, with a median age of 52. It is an almost always female name, with the largest group born in the 1960s, and, proportionally, most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

This is the spelling with a single S and the most recorded in the group. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Mariza, Marysa and Maryza as spelling variants.

Other spellings of Marisa

SpellingPeople (2022)
Marisa86,015
Marissa1,337

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marisa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Marisa · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Marissa · behindthename.com · spelling

Questions about the name Marisa

What does the name Marisa mean?

The meaning of Marisa is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Marisa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 86,015 people with the first name Marisa, which ranks it number 360 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Marisa a boy's or a girl's name?

Marisa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 85,691 women and 324 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marisa?

Marisa is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marisa most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.102% of the state's population is named Marisa (11,095 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Marisa?

Marissa. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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