Melis
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning honey bee.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies
Melis by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Melis. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melihoney; a form of Melissa or Melina3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bee
Like Melis, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- 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)
- Devorahbee; Hebrew spelling of Deborah108 in the US (2017)
- Deborabee; a form of Deborah97 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Melis
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