Larisa is the Russian form of Larissa — from the ancient Greek city Lárissa in Thessaly, meaning "citadel" or possibly named for the daughter of the river god Pelasgos. Larisa Latynina (born 1934) — Soviet artistic gymnast; nine Olympic gold medals across three Olympic Games (Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964) — the most by any female Olympian in any sport until Allyson Felix tied her in 2021 (Felix's 7 golds + 4 other golds-equivalent disputed by counts). 18 total Olympic medals — held the all-time Olympic record for any athlete of any gender for 48 years (1964 to 2012, when Michael Phelps surpassed her at the London Games). Coached the Soviet women's gymnastics team to four Olympic gold medals in team competition (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980) after retirement. Larissa, Greece — modern Thessalian city, capital of the Larissa regional unit. Larissa Manoela** — Brazilian actress.
Subject of countless Olympic-history retrospectives.
Larisa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Larisa reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.