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What does Melita mean?
Melita as a girls' name is pronounced ma-LEE-tah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Melita is "honey-sweet". Also used as short form of Carmelita (Spanish), or a feminine variant of Mellitus, a saint's name. Malita is also a variant of Maria. Also form of Carmel.
Variations
VARIANTS Malita, Malitta, Melida, Melitta, Melyta
RELATED FORM VIA CARMELITA, MARIA Marika
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Melita Dior (M.D.), ..
How popular is Melita?
Melita is a somewhat popular first name for women (#3357 out of 4276, Top 79%) and an even more popular surname for all people (#57705 out of 150436, Top 38%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Maria (#116 LAST YEAR), Carmel, Carmelita and Marika are the prominent variation forms of Melita (NOT RANKED) listed in the Top 2000. These relations of Melita reached the apex of their popularity in the 1970s (AVERAGE #1266) and are now much less common (#1529, ▼69.4%), with forms like Maria becoming somewhat outmoded. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Amelita, Belia, Bellita, Benita▼, Celia▼, Celida, Celina, Delia▼, Delila, Deliza, Dellta (see Delta), Delta, Denita, Elita, Ellita, Emelita, Felina, Felipa, Felisa, Feliza, Gelila, Helima, Helisa, Jelina, Jenita, Julita, Kelila, Lalita, Lelia▼, Lenita, Lolita▼, Malika▼, Malitia, Marita, Media, Medina, Meica, Meira, Melaina, Melba▼, Melia, Melicia, Melina▲, Meliora, Melise, Melisha, Melissa▼, Melitia, Mellba, Mellisa▼, Melodi, Melodia, Melody▲, Melosa, Melva▼, Melvina▼, Melya, Merlina, Meta▼, Nelia, Nenita, Pelia, Pelipa, Perita, Perlita, Renita▼, Selia, Selima, Selina, Serita, Talita, Velika, Venita, Zelia and Zelina. These names tend to be less frequently used than Melita.
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