Amarissa
Feminine · “undying”
Amarissa is two names overlapping. Amara sits at the front, Marissa at the back, and they share the middle — which is a very economical piece of construction and produces a name that sounds like both without being either. Amara is the more interesting half: in Sanskrit it is an ordinary word meaning undying, and it is a real name in several unrelated languages.
How old is the name Amarissa?
Amarissa first appears in US birth records in 1996 — 29 years ago. The typical Amarissa alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Amarissa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amarissa most popular?
Amarissa peaked in 2007, reaching #4050 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 9,158 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Amarissa
Blending two names by overlapping their shared letters is one of the most productive habits in modern American naming, and it works best when both parents can hear their own choice in the result. Amara and Marissa were both in steady use when this name appeared, and the overlap between them is unusually clean — four letters shared, nothing forced. The result reads as Latinate and slightly Italian, which is the register the -issa ending always supplies. It is a recent name with old materials, and it is honest to say so.
Meaningscholars disagree
undying, if the front is read as Amara
Amara is a genuine word in more than one language: Sanskrit amara means immortal or deathless, from a negative prefix and a root meaning to die; Igbo amara means grace; Italian amara is the feminine of bitter. Marissa, the back half, is usually read from the Latin maris, of the sea. The blend itself is modern and American and carries no single meaning.
Pronouncing Amarissa
am-uh-RISS-uh
Four syllables, stress on the third, which the doubled s guarantees. Nothing about the spelling causes an English reader to hesitate.
Nicknames for Amarissa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1996
- Most girls named
- 200738 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4050reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- −66.7%6 in 2025, from 18
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Amarissa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amara in Sanskrit — related form
- Amara in Igbo — related form
- Marissa in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Amarissas among us
people named Amarissa are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Amarissa
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kendi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amarissa's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kendi climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kendi's path sketches the road Amarissa is walking now.
Amarissa sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Amarissa beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amarissa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It shortens three different ways, and the three short forms sound nothing alike.
- The materials it is built from are real words in real languages, even if the blend is new.
- The stress is fixed by the doubled consonant, so the name is rarely said wrong.
- It has a Latinate shape that sits well with almost any surname.
- Eight letters and four syllables is a substantial name, though the short forms are easy.
- Amarissa, Amarisa and Marissa will all appear on mail.
- The name has no single meaning, since two words meet in it and neither wins.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amarissas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Amarissa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Amarissa in 2025?
- Amarissa ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amarissa?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Amarissa — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amarissa with classmates?
- Amarissa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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