Entry № 1576 · Latin origin

Marissa Marissa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-RIS-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Of the sea (Marissa Mayer, first female Yahoo CEO)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 950
First recorded
Modern (Latin)

A name that means "of the sea (marissa mayer, first female yahoo ceo)".

Marissa is from the Latin maris (of the sea) — a 20th-century American elaboration of Marisa, ultimately from Mary. **A top-100 US baby name from 1986 to 2003**. **Marissa Mayer (born 1975)** — **American technology executive; first female engineer and 20th employee at Google (1999); rose to Vice President of Search Products at 33; left in July 2012 to become CEO of Yahoo at 37**, making her the youngest Fortune 500 CEO at the time. **At her appointment she was six months pregnant with her first son**; her two weeks of maternity leave became a national debate about American maternity policy. **Stanford BS in symbolic systems and MS in computer science**. **Founded Lumi Labs in 2018 (now Sunshine Contacts)**. **Marissa Tomei (born 1964)** — American actress; *My Cousin Vinny* Oscar (1992).

Subject of countless tech industry profiles.

Of the sea. Youngest Fortune 500 CEO at her appointment to Yahoo at 37 — and six months pregnant.

The name in its native script.

Marissa
Transliteration
Marissa
Pronunciation
/ məˈrɪs.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Marissa stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 950 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 95 in 1995
Babies named Marissa · last year
200 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1971
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #95 NOW · #950

Marissas before her.

Real people
Marissa Mayer
Former Yahoo CEO.
born 1975
Marisa Tomei
American Oscar actress.
born 1964
In fiction
Marissa
The O.C.
2003

Names connected to Marissa.

The number behind Marissa.

2

The Diplomat

Marissa reduces to two — the number of of the sea.

Why families chose this name.

"Mayer's sea. Seven letters. Marissa."
Catherine · Mother of one · Palo Alto