Clarisse is a female

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borrowed from

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, derived from the Italian and Latin name Clarissa, originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic

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of St. Clare. It is a combination of

St. Clare of Assisi Clare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio and sometimes spelled Clara, Clair, Claire, Sinclair; 16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253) was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies, ...

's Latin name '' Clara'' (originally meaning " clear" and " bright") and the suffix ', equivalent to '.

Clarice Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, originally used in reference to the nuns of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare, whose own name ultimately derives fro ...

is an

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of Clarisse and there are numerous cognate names, including Clara,

Clare Clare may refer to: Places Antarctica * Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land Australia * Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley * Clare Valley, South Australia Canada * Clare (electoral district), an electoral district * Cl ...

, and Claire as well as the

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s Sinclair and St. Clair. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

Clarisse Agbegnenou Clarisse Bogdanna Agbegnenou (born 25 October 1992) is a French judoka. Competing in the −63 kg weight division she won the European title in 2013, the world title in 2014, an Olympic silver medal in 2016, and an Olympic gold medal at the 2020 ...

(born 1992), French judoka *

Clarisse Albrecht Clarisse Albrecht (born 28 June 1978) is a French actress, screenwriter, producer, recording artist, singer-songwriter and former model. She's a multi-lingual artist, performing and writing in English, Portuguese language, Portuguese, French la ...

(born 1978), French musical artist * Clarisse Bader (1840–1902), French writer *

Clarisse Coignet Clarisse Coignet (1823-1918) was a French moral philosopher, educator, and historian. She was also associated with the social and political movement called ''La Morale independante'', which advanced the idea that morality is independent from scienc ...

(1823–1918), French moral philosopher, educator, and historian *

Clarisse Cruz Clarisse Cruz (born 9 July 1978 in Ovar) is a Portuguese runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Competitions At the 2004 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics she won the silver medal in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase ...

(born 1978), Portuguese runner *

Clarisse Crémer Clarisse Crémer (born 30 December 1989 in Paris) is a French female professional sailor. She is an offshore sailor having competed extensively in the Figaro class before progressing to the IMOCA 60. Crémer's 12th place in the 2020–2021 edit ...

(born 1989), French offshore sailor *

Clarisse Doris Hellman Clarisse Doris Hellman Pepper (August 28, 1910 – March 28, 1973) was an American historian of science, "one of the first professional historians of science in the United States". She specialized in 16th and 17th century astronomy, wrote a bo ...

(1910–1973), American historian of science *

Clarisse Garcia (basketball) Clarisse Garcia (born December 18, 1984) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the women's basketball team at Charleston Southern University. Playing career Garcia played basketball at Villanova from 2003 to 20 ...

(born 1984), American basketball coach *

Clarisse Herrenschmidt Clarisse Herrenschmidt (born 1946, Strasbourg) is a French archaeologist, historian, philologist and linguist. She has been a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research since 1978 and is a professor at the Social Anthropology ...

(born 1946), French archaeologist and linguist *

Clarisse Imaniriho Clarisse Imaniriho (born 1995) is a Rwandan politician who has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2019. She represents a seat reserved for the Rwandan youth in the Chamber of Deputies. Early life and education Imaniriho was bo ...

, Rwandan politician *

Clarisse Iribagiza Clarisse Iribagiza (born 28 January 1988) is a computer scientist in Rwanda. She is the CEO and co-founder of the mobile technology company HeHe Limited and she is one of the UNCTAD's seven "eTrade for Women Advocates from the developing world". ...

(born 1988), Rwandan computer scientist * Clarisse Karasira (born 1997), Rwandan artist and humanitarian * Clarisse Le Bihan (born 1994), French professional footballer *

Clarisse Leite Clarisse Leite Dias Baptista (January 11, 1917 – May 11, 2003) was a Brazilian people, Brazilian composer, pianist and music educator. She was born in São Paulo and studied in São Paulo and France. After completing her studies, she worked as ...

(1917–2003), Brazilian composer, pianist and music educator * Clarisse Loxton Peacock (died 2004), Hungarian-born artist later styled Lady Dunnett * Clarisse Machanguana (born 1984), Mozambican basketball player and philanthropist *

Clarisse Midroy Clarisse Midroy, called Clarisse Miroy, and also, more simply, Clarisse, (20 April 1820 – 3 September 1870) was a French actress of the 19th century. Biographie She made her debut at the Gymnase-Enfantin and afterward played at the Théâtre ...

(1820–1870), French actress * Clarisse Moh (born 1986), French middle-distance runner * Clarisse Rasoarizay (born 1971), Malagasy long-distance runner *

Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana Clarisse Andriamampandry Ratsifandrihamanana ( Fénérive-Est, December 5, 1926 – Antananarivo, June 28, 1987) was a Malagasy writer. She married Dr. Henri Ratsifandrihamanana in 1946, and they had eight children, including Lila Ratsifandriha ...

(1926–1987), Malagasy writer *

Clarisse de Souza Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza is a full professor at the Informatics Department of Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), where she does research in the area of human–computer interaction (HCI) and has developed the theory ...

, Brazilian professor of human–computer interaction *

Clarisse Tremblay Clarisse Tremblay (May 21, 1951 – April 22, 1999) was a poet and writer from the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Tremblay's main works were in the French language. Life Tremplay was born in Les Éboulements and studied music at the É ...

(1951–1999), Canadian journalist and poet *

Clarisse Vigoureux Claire Charlotte Dorothée Gauthier, known as Clarisse Vigoureux, (11 June 1789 in Montagney – 13 January 1865 in San Antonio) was a French Fourierist journalist and writer. Biography The daughter of a blacksmith, Clarisse Vigoureux was born in ...

(1789–1865), French Fourierist journalist and writer *

Clarisse Yeung Clarisse Yeung Suet-ying (; born 14 November 1986) is a Hong Kong politician. She is a former chairwoman of the Wan Chai District Council, representing Tai Hang. Biography Yeung is a graduate of fine arts at the Chinese University of Hong Kong ...

(born 1986), Hong Kong politician

Characters

Clarisse La Rue A description of most characters featured in various mythology series by Rick Riordan. Overview List indicator(s) * A dark grey cell indicates that the character was not in the property or that the character's presence in the property has yet to ...

, a character introduced in Rick Riordan's ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' *

Clarisse McClellan ''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, ''Fahrenheit 451'' presents an American society where books have been personified and outlawed and "firemen" burn any that ...

, a character from Ray Bradbury's novel '' Fahrenheit 451'' * Clarisse Renaldi, a character from ''The Princess Diaries'' * Princess Clarisse, a character in '' The Castle of Cagliostro''

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