Meliza
A girls’ name of Modern American origin, meaning variant of Melissa; honey bee.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Meliza by the numbers
Meliza was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 49 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Melissa
Like Meliza, 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.
- 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)
- Lissethbee; 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)
- 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 Meliza. 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)
- Melitahoney; variant of melissa or melita6 in the US (2017)
- Melida9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bee
Like Meliza, 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 Meliza
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