Clarisse (given name)
Clarisse is a female given name borrowed from French, derived from the Italian and Latin name Clarissa. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi's Latin name Clara and the suffix ', equivalent to '. 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, French judoka
- Clarisse Albrecht, French musical artist
- Clarisse Bader, French writer
- Clarisse Coignet, French moral philosopher, educator, and historian
- Clarisse Cruz, Portuguese runner
- Clarisse Crémer, French offshore sailor
- Clarisse Doris Hellman, American historian of science
- Clarisse Garcia (basketball), American basketball coach
- Clarisse Herrenschmidt, French archaeologist and linguist
- Clarisse Imaniriho, Rwandan politician
- Clarisse Iribagiza, Rwandan computer scientist
- Clarisse Karasira, Rwandan artist and humanitarian
- Clarisse Le Bihan, French professional footballer
- Clarisse Leite, Brazilian composer, pianist and music educator
- Clarisse Loxton Peacock, Hungarian-born artist later styled Lady Dunnett
- Clarisse Machanguana, Mozambican basketball player and philanthropist
- Clarisse Midroy, French actress
- Clarisse Moh, French middle-distance runner
- Clarisse Rasoarizay, Malagasy long-distance runner
- Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana, Malagasy writer
- Clarisse de Souza, Brazilian professor of human–computer interaction
- Clarisse Tremblay, Canadian journalist and poet
- Clarisse Vigoureux, French Fourierist journalist and writer
- Clarisse Yeung, 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''