Melis
Girl · meh-LEES · Greek
Melis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honeybee”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Melis mean?
Greek: Turkish short form of Melissa
“honeybee”
In Greek myth, the nymph Melissa helped nurse the infant Zeus with honey.
- Say it
- meh-LEES
Is Melis a girl's or a boy's name?
Melis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Melis, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Melis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Melis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Melis, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had more girls named Melis than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Melis in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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