Melyssa
Girl · muh-LISS-uh · Greek
Melyssa is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “honey bee”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Melyssa mean?
Greek: variant of Melissa, from Greek melissa 'honey bee'
“honey bee”
A variant of Melissa, the Greek word for a honey bee.
- Say it
- muh-LISS-uh
Is Melyssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Melyssa is a girls' name.
How popular is Melyssa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Melyssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melyssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 53 | #2,420 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,227 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,704 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,736 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,487 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 121 | #1,298 |
| 1988 | 104 | #1,367 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
Nicknames for Melyssa
Names like Melyssa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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