Melyssa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning honey bee; a modern spelling of Melissa.
Melyssa by the numbers
Melyssa was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 121 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Melissa
Like Melyssa, 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 Melyssa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Malyssahoney bee; a form of melissa6 in the US (2017)
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malissahoney bee; a form of melissa6 in the US (2017)
- Mellisahoney bee; variant spelling of Melissa3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melissiahoney bee; a variant of melissa
Sounds like Melyssa
Names that are said the same way as Melyssa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mellissahoney bee; a variant of melissa
Other names that mean a bee
Like Melyssa, 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 Melyssa
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