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  2. Clarisse (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Clarisse is a female given name borrowed from French, derived from the Italian and Latin name Clarissa, originally denoting a nun of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare. It is a combination of St. Clare of Assisi 's Latin name Clara (originally meaning " clear " and " bright ") and the suffix -issa , equivalent to -ess .

  3. Clarissa (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Clarice is an anglicization of Clarisse, the French form of the same name. Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name, [ 1 ] and Klárisza the Hungarian . [ 2 ] The given names Clara , Clare , and Claire are all cognates, as are the surnames Sinclair and St. Clair .

  4. Claressa Shields - Wikipedia

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    Claressa Maria Shields [1] (born March 17, 1995) is an American professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist.She has held multiple world championships in five weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title in March 2021; the undisputed female middleweight title twice between 2019 and 2024, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female light heavyweight title ...

  5. Clarisse - Wikipedia

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    Clarisse (given name) Eddy Clarisse (born 1972), a retired badminton player from Mauritius; Clarisse (Percy Jackson), a female character in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians book

  6. Clarissa - Wikipedia

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    Clarissa may refer to: . Clarissa (given name), a female given name Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady, a novel by Samuel Richardson; Clarissa, a 1941 German film ...

  7. Poor Clares - Wikipedia

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    Fresco of Saint Clare and nuns of her order, Chapel of San Damiano, Assisi. The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Latin: Ordo Sanctae Clarae), originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the ...

  8. Clarice - Wikipedia

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    Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, originally used in reference to the nuns of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare, whose own name ultimately derives from clara ("clear" and "bright"). It can also be a female form of the male name Clarence. It may refer to:

  9. Clare (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Clara, Clair/Claire, Clarissa, Clarisse, Clarice, Clarence, Clar Clare / ˈ k l ɛər / is a given name, the Medieval English form of Clara . [ 1 ] The related name Clair was traditionally considered male, especially when spelled without an 'e', [ 2 ] but Clare and Claire are usually, but not always, female.