Meliza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LEE-zuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Meliza is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honey bee”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Meliza mean?
Greek: variant of Melissa, from Greek melissa 'honey bee'
“honey bee”
A variant of Melissa, the Greek word for a honey bee.
Is Meliza a girl's or a boy's name?
Meliza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meliza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Meliza, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had more girls named Meliza than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Meliza in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meliza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
Nicknames for Meliza
Names like Meliza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana Selena Miranda Samantha Alyssa Sophia Tessa Sierra Serena Montana Alessandra Makayla
Names related to Meliza
More Greek names
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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, “Meliza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meliza, updated 20 October 2026.