| [ 3 syll. (c)ha-ris-sa, ch-ari-ssa ] The girl name Charissa is pronounced KaaRIYSah KEY. Charissa's language of origin is Italian and Greek. It is predominantly used in English. Charissa is a form (English) of Cara (English, German, and Italian). Charissa is also a form (English) of Charis (English and German). Charissa is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1980 with 0.012% of baby girls being named Charissa. It had a ranking of #779 then. The baby name has steeply slipped in popularity since then, and is currently of only very modest use. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly related to Charissa, Cara (English, German, and Italian) was the most commonly used. Baby names that sound like Charissa include Carissa (English), Caressa (English), Carisa (Spanish), Carrissa (English), Karisa (English), Karissa (English), Karrisa (German), Caragh (English), Caris (English), Carisia (English), Carisse (English), Carys (Welsh), Charis (English and German), Chrissa (English), Chrissie (English and Scottish), Chrissy (English), Cressa (English), Cressy (English), Karis (English), Kryssi (English), Chris (English and German), Cris (English), Cruz (Portuguese and Spanish), and Kris (German, English, and Scandinavian). KEY: Pronunciation for Charissa: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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