Malisa
Girl · muh-LIS-a · Greek
Malisa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honeybee”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Malisa mean?
Greek: spelling of Melissa
“honeybee”
A spelling of Melissa, from Greek melissa, honeybee.
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- muh-LIS-a
Is Malisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Malisa is a girls' name.
How popular is Malisa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 104 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Malisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,943 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,046 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1978 | 91 | #1,314 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,576 |
| 1976 | 84 | #1,297 |
| 1975 | 88 | #1,269 |
| 1974 | 77 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 104 | #1,095 |
| 1972 | 94 | #1,155 |
| 1971 | 93 | #1,211 |
| 1970 | 85 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 79 | #1,259 |
| 1968 | 77 | #1,244 |
| 1967 | 68 | #1,324 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,320 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
Nicknames for Malisa
- Lisa 61 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Malisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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