MEANING & HISTORY
What does Melisa mean?
Melisa is explicitly a form of Melissa used in Spanish and several other languages. Melissa is the Greek word for bee and appears in Greek mythological and literary naming.
The single s is part of the documented language form; it does not introduce a different plant etymology merely because Melissa is also used in botanical terminology.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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People with the name Melisa
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DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Melai Cantiveros
Filipino actress and comedian
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THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Melisa in the birth records
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Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Melisa
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Elisa♀Form of Elisabeth; God is my oath
- Felisa♀Feminine form of Félix; happy or fortunate
- Melina·Elaborated Mel; a Greek honey connection is documented
- Melissa♀Bee
- Denisa·Feminine name in the Dionysus name family
- Lisa♀Short form of Elizabeth, or Cebuano Felisa
- Marisa♀Combination of Maria and Luisa
- Melba♀Literary stage name formed from Melbourne
What rhymes with Melisa?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
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- Wikidata given-name item Q12796338 — Melisa (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Melai Cantiveros (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q12796338 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Behind the Name: Melisa (opens in a new tab)
Exact-name formation in the researched entry.
- Behind the Name: melissa (opens in a new tab)
Linked parent-name formation or lexical root.