Malyssa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LISS-uh
- Origin
- Greek
Malyssa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honey bee”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Malyssa mean?
Greek: variant of Melissa
“honey bee”
Variant of Melissa, from the Greek word for a honey bee.
Is Malyssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Malyssa is a girls' name.
How popular is Malyssa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Malyssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malyssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Names like Malyssa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melina Samira Amira Mikayla Makayla Aaliyah Alyssa Zaira Khadija Aliya Salma Miranda
Names related to Malyssa
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Malyssa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malyssa, updated 20 October 2026.