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". The name is also a Spanish, Portuguese or Italian contracted familiar nickname for Maria Isabel or Maria Luisa. In Circassian, feminine given name Marisa means, and it is sometimes used as Marise.
People with this name
- Marisa Abbondanzieri, Italian politician
- Marisa Abegg, American retired UPSL player
- Marisa Abela, English actress
- Marisa Acocella Marchetto, American cartoonist
- Marisa Allasio, Italian retired actress
- Marisa Anderson, American multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Marisa Antonio, El Salvador international footballer
- Marisa Baena, Colombian golfer
- Marisa Barros, Portuguese long-distance runner
- Marisa Bartoli, Italian actress
- Marisa Bartolomei, American cell biologist and professor
- Marisa Belli, Italian actress
- Marisa Berenson, American actress and model
- Marisa Boullosa, Mexican artist
- Marisa Brunner, Swiss retired footballer
- Marisa Buchheit, American soprano and beauty pageant titleholder
- Marisa Butler, American beauty pageant titleholder
- Marisa Calihan, American contestant on Survivor (American TV series)
- Marisa Calin, American-born English actress, writer, and producer
- Marisa Canales, Mexican flute player
- Marisa Carnesky, British live artist and showwoman
- Marisa Carrasco, Mexican psychologist and professor
- Marisa Casanueva, Spanish long-distance runner
- Marisa Catalina Casey, Colombian-born American photographer, graphic designer, educator, and co-author of the book Born in Our Hearts
- Marisa Chappell, American historian and associate professor
- Marisa Churchill, American contestant on Top Chef: Los Angeles
- Marisa Cleveland, South Korean-born American author, educator, executive director, and managing partner
- Marisa Cortesi, Swiss former equestrian
- Marisa Coughlan, American actress and writer
- Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, Jamaican attorney-at-law and politician
- Marisa Dal Santo, American former professional skateboarder and clothing retailer
- Marisa Darasavath, Laotian artist and translator
- Marisa Davila, American actress
- Marisa De Aniceto, French track and field athlete
- Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress, singer, and television personality
- Marisa de Leza, Spanish film- and television actress
- Marisa de Lille, Mexican singer and actress
- Marisa de los Santos, American author and poet
- Marisa Demeo, American associate judge
- Marisa Dick, Canadian-born Trinidad and Tobago artistic gymnast
- Marisa Didio, American former national field hockey coach
- Marisa dos Reis Nunes, birth name of Mariza, Portuguese fado singer
- Marisa Drummond, South African actress and director
- Marisa Ewers, German former footballer
- Marisa Fernández, Spanish mathematician and professor
- Marisa Ferreira, Portuguese artist
- Marisa Ferretti Barth, Canadian politician
- Marisa Field, Canadian volleyball player
- Marisa Franco, American Latino rights advocate and community organizer
- Marisa Galvany, American soprano
- , Brazilian singer and songwriter
- Marisa Gerez, Argentine footballer
- Marisa Glave, Peruvian sociologist and politician
- Mariša Golob, Slovenian powerlifter
- Marisa Gonzalez, Spanish multimedia artist
- Marisa Guterman, American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer, and singer-songwriter
- Marisa Hamamoto, Japanese-American professional dancer, speaker, and social entrepreneur
- Marisa Harvey, Maltese former footballer
- Marisa Howard, American steeplechase runner
- Marisa J. Fuentes, American writer, historian, academic, and associate professor
- Marisa Jervella, Swiss gymnast
- Marisa Jones, New Zealand curler and curling coach
- Marisa Jossa, Italian television actress
- Marisa Joy, American contestant on American Idol (season 3)
- Marisa Kabas, American journalist
- Marisa Kelly, American political scientist and academic administrator
- Marisa Kozlowski, American chemist and professor
- Marisa Kwiatkowski, American journalist and investigative reporter
- Marisa Lago, American attorney
- Marisa Lankester, Italian writer and author
- Marisa Laurito, Italian actress, singer, and television personality
- Marisa Lavanchy, Swiss sprinter
- Marisa Lenhardt, American member of industrial rock group Deathline International
- Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, Brazilian/Italian First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010
- Marisa Lino, Italian-born American retired diplomat
- Marisa Linton, British author, historian, and professor emerita of history
- Marisa Liz, Portuguese lead singer of pop rock band Amor Electro
- Marisa López, Argentine retired field hockey player
- Marisa Mackle, Northern Irish journalist and romance novelist
- Marisa Maresca, Italian showgirl, soubrette, and theater dancer
- Marisa Maria Louise Micallef, Maltese politician and ambassador
- Marisa Marquez, American former politician
- Marisa Masullo, Italian former sprinter
- Marisa Matarazzo, American author, academic, and assistant professor
- Marisa Matias, Portuguese sociologist and politician
- Marisa Medina, Spanish singer, actress, and television presenter
- Marisa Mell, Austrian actress
- Marisa Merlini, Italian character actress
- Marisa Merz, Italian artist and sculptor
- Marisa Miller, American model
- Marisa Monte, Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and music producer
- Marisa Morán Jahn, American multimedia artist, writer, and educator
- Marisa Mori, Italian painter and printmaker
- Marisa Moseley, American basketball head coach
- Marisa Musu, Italian anti-fascist resistance fighter, journalist, and political activist
- Marisa Olislagers, Dutch professional footballer
- Marisa Olson, German artist, writer, curator, critic, and former punk singer
- Marisa Orth, Brazilian actress, singer, and TV host
- Marisa Papen, Belgian model and naturist
- Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
- Marisa Park, Filipino international footballer
- Marisa Paterson, Australian anthropologist, academic, and politician
- Marisa Pavan, Italian actress
- Marisa Pedulla, American former Olympic judoka
- Marisa Peguri, Argentine former rower
- Marisa Pires Nogueira, birth name of Marisa (footballer), Brazilian footballer
- Marisa Polvino, American film producer
- Marisa Porcel, Spanish stage-, film-, and television actress
- Marisa Prisa, Spanish drag performer
- Marisa Ramirez, American actress
- Marisa Rezende, Brazilian music educator and composer
- Marisa Roberto, Italian-American neuroscientist and professor
- Marisa Robles, Spanish harpist and composer
- Marisa Román, Venezuelan actress
- Marisa Rowe, Australian former WNBL player
- Marisa Ryan, American actress
- Marisa Sánchez, Spanish chef, gourmet, and businesswoman
- Marisa Sannia, Italian singer
- Marisa Sartika Maladewi, Indonesian super model
- Marisa Serrano, Brazilian politician and educator
- Marisa Scheinfeld, American artist, photographer, and educator
- Marisa Siketa, Australian actress, disc jockey, animal ambassador, and traffic manager
- Marisa Silver, American author, screenwriter, and film director
- Marisa Sistach Peret, Mexican film director
- Marisa Soares Marques, Luxembourgish footballer
- Marisa Solinas, Italian actress and singer
- Marisa Sterling, Canadian candidate in the Ontario Liberal Party candidates in the 2011 Ontario provincial election
- Marisa T. Darden, American lawyer
- Marisa Tomei, American actress
- Marisa Uceda, Argentine politician and former lawyer
- Marisa van der Meer, New Zealand professional footballer
- Marisa Vernati, Italian actress
- Marisa Viggiano, American NWSL player
- Marisa Volpi, Italian art historian and writer
- Marisa von Bülow, Brazilian political scientist, sociologist, and professor
- Marisa Warrington, English-born Australian actress
- Marisa Wegrzyn, American playwright
- Marisa Weiss, American oncologist
- Marisa Williamson, American artist
- Marisa Winkelhausen, Swiss curler
- Marisa Zanuck, American contestant on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
- Marisa Zuriel, Argentine chess player
Fictional characters
- Marisa, in the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Marisa Clark, in the US comedy TV series K.C. Undercover, played by Veronica Dunne
- Marisa Coulter, in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials fantasy novel trilogy
- Marisa Kirisame, of the video game franchise Touhou Project
- Marisa Moreno, in Ashley Hope Pérez' novel What Can't Wait
- Marisa Sarratore, in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels
- Marisa Sierras, in the US TV soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by Sofia Pernas
- Marisa (Street Fighter), in the Street Fighter video game series, voiced by Mitsuki Saiga and Allegra Clark
- Marisa Turner, Countess New Kiev, in David Weber's "Honor Harrington" science fiction book series
- Marisa Ventura, in the 2002 US romantic comedy film Maid in Manhattan, played by Jennifer Lopez
- Princess Marisa, in animated series Elena of Avalor special Song of the Sirenas, voiced by Gina Rodriguez