Meaning and background
The story behind Larissa
Larissa is a long-established personal name, with a Greek background and several routes into modern European usage. It is associated with the ancient Thessalian city of Larisa and with a figure in Greek myth. Some histories connect the name with that place, but the proposed ancient place-name meaning is not settled enough to print as a definite translation. English speakers usually stress the middle syllable: luh-RISS-uh.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Larissa appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/lɑɹisə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/lɑɹisə/ · primary stress on syllable 2L AA0 R IY1 S AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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