Mellissa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning honey bee; a variant of melissa.
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no recent records
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Mellissa by the numbers
Its American peak was 271 babies in 1979, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mellissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Mellisahoney bee; variant spelling of Melissa3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melyssahoney bee; a modern spelling of Melissa18 in the US (2017)
- Mellinahoney; a form of melissa7 in the US (2017)
- Malissahoney bee; a form of melissa6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bee
Like Mellissa, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- 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)
- Devorahbee; Hebrew spelling of Deborah108 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mellissa
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