Mellisa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning honey bee; variant spelling of Melissa.
Mellisa by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mellisa.
Its American peak was 221 babies in 1979, making it a 1970s name.
Other names that come from Melissa
Like Mellisa, 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.
- 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)
- Melizavariant of Melissa; honey bee5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mellisa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mellinahoney; a form of melissa7 in the US (2017)
- Mellissahoney bee; a variant of melissa
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mellisa
Names that are said the same way as Mellisa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Melyssahoney bee; a modern spelling of Melissa18 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bee
Like Mellisa, 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 Mellisa
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