Mellisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LISS-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Mellisa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honeybee”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Mellisa mean?
Greek: spelling of Melissa
“honeybee”
In Greek myth Melissa was a nymph who helped care for the infant Zeus, feeding him honey.
Is Mellisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Mellisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mellisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Mellisa, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mellisa than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Mellisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mellisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Mellisa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 221 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Mellisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mellisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,508 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,227 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,894 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,622 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,406 |
| 1989 | 107 | #1,394 |
| 1988 | 120 | #1,238 |
| 1987 | 127 | #1,156 |
| 1986 | 122 | #1,163 |
| 1985 | 149 | #1,014 |
| 1984 | 145 | #997 |
| 1983 | 174 | #873 |
| 1982 | 182 | #853 |
| 1981 | 211 | #773 |
| 1980 | 202 | #803 |
| 1979 | 221 | #739 |
| 1978 | 174 | #849 |
| 1977 | 175 | #846 |
| 1976 | 161 | #849 |
| 1975 | 148 | #891 |
| 1974 | 142 | #896 |
| 1973 | 130 | #934 |
| 1972 | 140 | #898 |
| 1971 | 154 | #870 |
| 1970 | 124 | #1,008 |
| 1969 | 127 | #943 |
| 1968 | 94 | #1,099 |
| 1967 | 98 | #1,039 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1965 | 53 | #1,528 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
Nicknames for Mellisa
Names like Mellisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Jessica Alexandra Francesca Lara Georgina Cassandra Christina Angela Tabitha Rebecca Melina
Names related to Mellisa
Melisa Melis Melyssa Mellissa Melisha Maelis Meliza Malisa Melaysia
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Mellisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mellisa, updated 20 October 2026.