Larissa as First Name

Larissa Behrendt            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian
Larissa Behrendt: an Aboriginal Australian academic and writer

Larissa Semyonovna Latynina            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian
Larissa Semyonovna Latynina: was a Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds. She still holds the record for being awarded the most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). Born Larisa Dirij, she first practiced ballet, but turned to gymnastics after her choreographer moved out of town. She graduated from high school in 1953 and moved to Kiev to attend the Lenin Polytechnic Institute and continue training.

Contemporary or Traditional Although trendy and fashionable names for baby girls abound, there is surely a paucity of trendy names for baby boys. For baby girls, we have such trendy and fashionable names such as Alexis from the television soap opera "Dynasty, Ashley from the singer Ashley Judd... More..