I've seen so many lovely names in this thread (after spending waaaaaaay too much time reading the pages therein!). They're so interesting and nuanced much of the time.
But I do love Marissa very much. I've no foundational reason why I selected the name... It literally popped into my head some time ago and stuck.
However, I do think I was subconsciously driven to select something that was easily pronounced without modification in several LatinX languages. Ma-riss-uh can quickly become Ma-rees-uh with the simple roll of an R.
However, because of the above, I often do consider dropping a single "s" from my name.
(sigh) First-world girl problems.
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