Melissa Name Meaning

Gender :

Masculine

The masculine name Melissa is used in American. Other countries in which name melissa being used are , , Australian, , British, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Jamaican, Latin, Portuguese. Melissa is not very commonly used baby name for boy. Ranked at 679 in top 1000 names.

Melissa is also used as baby girl name in countries American, australian, british, chinese, danish, dutch, english, french, german, greek, italian, jamaican, latin, portuguese, swedish, swiss.

Used in country/religion :

American , Australian

Variant Names of Melissa:

Malissa, Melessa, Melicia, Melisha, Lisa, Malissa, Mallissa, Mel, Melesa, Melessa, Melicent, Melicia, Melisa, Melisande, Melis

Rhyming Names of Melissa: 

Names Similar to Melissa :

Melina, Melinda, Melisande, Melicent, Melia, Melinda, Melisa, Melise, Melisha, Melisse

Popularity Rank :

Melissa name was top ranked at 987 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 253 position in American during year 2015

Name Melissa has been Common throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 5958 position. 2496 numbers of people were named Melissa so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

More about :

The feminine name Melissa is Greek in origin and means “bee”. The name was used for a nymph in Greek mythology that cared for young Zeus. It was also given to a fairy from Ludovico Ariosto’s poem “Orlando Furioso,” who helps the character Rogero escape from the witch.

The name has been in use since the 18th century as an English given name. There are many notable people with the name, like Melissa Errico the American singer.

Melissa Numerology :

Personality No. 9. People with name Melissa desire love & independence. They love arts & music. They are generous, kindhearted, humane & philanthropic. Person with Melissa having 9 as Personality number love traveling & teaching but hate restraint. They are bold, functional, broadminded & spiritual. They have will power & are determined , but are impulsive, contentious, ill-tempered, rebellious & impatient too. More Numerology