Melita
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning honey; variant of melissa or melita.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Melita by the numbers
Melita was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 45 babies in 1973, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melihahandsome graceful elegant feminine form6 in the US (2017)
- Melizavariant of Melissa; honey bee5 in the US (2017)
- Melida9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bee
Like Melita, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 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)
- Devorahbee; Hebrew spelling of Deborah108 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Melita
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