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Clarissa (female)

Variants:Caitir (F) Clare (F) Clarice (F) Clarisa (F)
Derivative of:Clara (F) Clarinda (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English Latinate form of Clarice, sometimes found in medieval documents.  Now a given name in its own right.

The Scottish name Caitir may be Anglicized as Clarissa.
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