Clarisse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Clarisse

What does the name Clarisse mean?

Clarisse is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Clearhedge Wood, in the county of Sussex. The surname Clarisse was originally derived from the Old English spelling Clarrige.

Early Origins of the Clarisse family

The surname Clarisse was first found in Lincolnshire, where they held a family seat from early times.

Early History of the Clarisse family

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Clarisse Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Clarisse family name include Clarice, Claris, Clericia, Claricia, Clarisse, Claricesone and many more.

Early Notables of the Clarisse family

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Clarisse Ranking

France, the name Clarisse is the 3,247^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Clarisse migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Clarisse surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Clarisse Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Maria Clarisse, who arrived in Pella, IA in 1880

Contemporary Notables of the name Clarisse (post 1700) +

Clarisse Doris Hellman Pepper (1910-1973), American historian of science, "one of the first professional historians of science in the United States"
Clarisse Bader (1840-1902), French writer

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/