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What does Melissa mean?
Melissa ▼ as a girls' name is pronounced ma-LISS-ah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Melissa is "bee; honey". Mythology: the name of a princess of Crete who was changed into a bee after she found out how to collect honey. The name was used since ancient Greece. Singer Melissa Manchester; actress Melissa Gilbert; dancer Molissa Fenley.
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, bee, honey (beautiful), mythology, princess, ancient (old)
Variations
VARIANTS Lisa▼, Malissa▼, Mallissa, Mel, Melesa, Melessa, Melicent, Melicia, Melisa▼, Melisande, Melise, Melisanda, Melisent, Melisha, Melisse, Melitta, Meliza, Mellicent, Mellie▼, Mellisa▼, Melly, Melosa, Milli, Millicent, Millie, Millisent, Millissent, Milly, Missie, Missy▼, Molissa
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Melissa Merritt (M.M.), ..
How popular is Melissa?
Melissa is a very popular first name for women (#30 out of 4276, Top 1%) and a slightly less popular last name for all people (#98770 out of 150436, Top 66%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Melissa reached its apex rank of #3 in the U.S. during 1970-1979, and is at #297 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Millie (#304 VIA LATEST LIST), Lisa (#891), Millicent (#1730), Milly (#1871), Lissa, Malissa, Melisa, Mellie, Mellisa, Mischa, Missie and Missy are the popular related forms of Melissa (#297). Adoption of these forms of Melissa reached its apex 5 decades ago (USAGE OF 3.2%) and is now significantly lower (USAGE 0.2%, ▼95%), with forms like Missy going out of style.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Alissa▼, Allissa, Arlissa, Belisse, Bellissa, Calissa, Celisse, Cerissa, Delisa, Delisha, Delissa, Delyssa, Denissa, Elissa, Ellissa, Felisa, Felisha▼, Feliss, Helisa, Ilissa, Illissa, Jalissa, Jelisa, Jelissa, Jolissa, Julissa▼, Kalissa, Lerissa, Malicia, Malika▼, Malisha, Marissa▼, Marlissa, Melia, Melida, Melina▲, Melinda▼, Meliora, Melita, Melitia, Mellicia, Mellisha, Merissa, Meryssa, Morissa, Nerissa, Telisa, Telisha and Ulissa. These names tend to be less commonly used than Melissa.
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