Lisseth
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning bee; a form of Melissa.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lisseth by the numbers
Lisseth was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 45 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Melissa
Like Lisseth, each of these traces back to Melissa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melyssahoney bee; a modern spelling of Melissa18 in the US (2017)
- Millihoney bee; diminutive of Melissa or Millicent3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lissabee; a form of Melissa14 in the US (2017)
- Melliehoney; a form of Melissa12 in the US (2017)
- Melihoney; a form of Melissa or Melina3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melizavariant of Melissa; honey bee5 in the US (2017)
- Mellisahoney bee; variant spelling of Melissa3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lisseth. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a bee
Like Lisseth, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Deborahbee68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Honeysweet substance made by bees253 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 in the US (2017)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lisseth
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