Baby names that mean a bee

57 names with a bee in their meaning: 54 for girls, 2 for boys, 1 used for both. Every one comes with its meaning and the official birth figures for England and Wales and the US. 13 of them are still given to 40 or more babies a year.

Girls' names that mean a bee

Given to at least 40 babies a year in the US or England and Wales.

  • Melissahoney bee1,168 a year · the US, 2017
  • Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 a year · the US, 2017
  • Deborahbee68 a year · England and Wales, 2025
  • Honeysweet substance made by bees253 a year · England and Wales, 2025
  • Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 a year · the US, 2017
  • Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 a year · the US, 2017
  • Devorahbee; Hebrew spelling of Deborah108 a year · the US, 2017
  • Deborabee; a form of Deborah97 a year · the US, 2017
  • Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 a year · England and Wales, 2025
  • Devorabee; a form of Deborah55 a year · the US, 2017
  • Debrabee; a form of Deborah44 a year · the US, 2017
  • Shahdhoney10 a year · England and Wales, 2025
42 rarer names that mean a bee

Fewer than 40 babies a year in either country, which often means a name in wide use somewhere the records do not reach.

  • Debbiebee; a form of Deborah
  • Shahadhoney; sweetness
  • Melyssahoney bee; a modern spelling of Melissa
  • Millihoney bee; diminutive of Melissa or Millicent
  • Lissabee; a form of Melissa
  • Lissethbee; a form of Melissa
  • Asalhoney or sweetness
  • Melliehoney; a form of Melissa
  • Millie-Raehoney; variant of Millie with hyphenated surname element
  • Melishoney bee
  • Dvorahbee; variant of deborah
  • Meleenahoney; a form of Melina
  • Melihoney; a form of Melissa or Melina
  • Melinnahoney; a form of Melina
  • Mellinahoney; a form of melissa
  • Milindabee; from milinda or honey-related roots
  • Nahilabee; a form of Nahla
  • Malissahoney bee; a form of melissa
  • Malyssahoney bee; a form of melissa
  • Melhoney; diminutive of melissa or melanie
  • Melitahoney; variant of melissa or melita
  • Mielhoney
  • Madhavihoney-like; intoxicating
  • Melizavariant of Melissa; honey bee
  • Mishitasweet, honey-like
  • Austejabee; Lithuanian mythological figure
  • Melissa-Mariahoney bee combined with of the sea
  • Mellisahoney bee; variant spelling of Melissa
  • Debbee; short form of deborah
  • Debbibee; a form of deborah
  • Debbrabee; a form of deborah
  • Debbybee; a form of deborah
  • Debibee; a form of deborah
  • Debrahbee; a form of deborah
  • Debroahbee; a form of deborah
  • Melissiahoney bee; a variant of melissa
  • Mellissahoney bee; a variant of melissa
  • Milissahoney bee; a variant of melissa
  • Pamall honey; diminutive of Pamela
  • Pamalaall honey; a form of Pamela
  • Pameliaall honey; a form of Pamela
  • Pamellaall honey; a form of Pamela

Boys' names that mean a bee

Given to at least 40 babies a year in the US or England and Wales.

  • Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 a year · the US, 2017
1 rarer name that means a bee

Fewer than 40 babies a year in either country, which often means a name in wide use somewhere the records do not reach.

Unisex names that mean a bee

Our popularity figures come from US and England and Wales birth records, so a name common elsewhere shows as rare here.

  • Medleymeadow of the mead or honey wine

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How this page is made. A name is here because its meaning contains bee, bees, honeybee or honey. It is a plain word match, not a claim that the names are related: Beckett and Melissa sit together because their meanings say the same thing, not because they share a history. A name with no meaning we can stand behind is left out rather than given one.

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