How to write “Marissa or Marisa” in Korean

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What Korean friends call you

• 마리사야 ma-ri-sa-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 마리사 씨 ma-ri-sa-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

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Korean spellings of Marissa

• 마리사 5 (63%)
• 머리사 3 (38%)

Korean labels of 8 people named Marissa on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 머리사; most Koreans write 마리사.

Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Marissa Mayer 마리사 (sometimes 머리사).

Well-known people named Marissa or Marisa, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

• Marisa Mell — 마리사 멜
• Marisa Allasio — 마리사 알라시오
• Marisa Merlini — 마리사 메를리니
• Marisa Ramirez — 마리사 라미레즈

120,678 babies were named Marissa in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 383rd most common name.

Block by block

• 마 = ㅁ + ㅏ · 5 strokes
  • ㅁ 미음 (m) · 3 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes

  Also in 마: Michael 마이클 · Emma 엠마 · Jeremiah 제러마이아

• 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄

• 사 = ㅅ + ㅏ · 4 strokes
  • ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes

  Also in 사: Samantha 사만다 · Samuel 사무엘 · Sarah 사라

마리사 takes 13 strokes in all.

More names: Angelina 안젤리나 · Kelsey 켈시 · Maxwell 맥스웰 · Oscar 오스카 · Jacqueline 재클린

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