Melisa Forename
9,288th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 110,650 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vanuatu
Melisa Forename User-submission:
Melisa is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the word 'melissa,' meaning 'honeybee.' The name symbolizes sweetness, industriousness, and a nurturing nature. Popular in Turkey and other cultures, Melisa carries connotations of warmth and vitality.
Read More About This ForenameMelisa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 21,018 | 1:17,249 | 1,504 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 20,894 | 1:12,346 | 1,749 |
| Philippines | 99% | 10,873 | 1:9,750 | 1,327 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7,430 | 1:5,757 | 500 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5,340 | 1:14,570 | 1,307 |
| Mexico | 100% | 4,206 | 1:29,516 | 1,489 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,079 | 1:15,040 | 1,654 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,000 | 1:15,510 | 1,006 |
| Peru | 100% | 2,390 | 1:13,302 | 1,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 2,188 | 1:3,726 | 406 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,809 | 1:9,733 | 751 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,721 | 1:1,770 | 374 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,590 | 1:33,200 | 2,828 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,053 | 1:51,788 | 5,299 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,047 | 1:29,083 | 2,701 |
| Romania | 100% | 942 | 1:21,287 | 1,497 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 881 | 1:34,281 | 2,349 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 870 | 1:84,859 | 4,722 |
| Canada | 100% | 836 | 1:39,633 | 2,842 |
| Colombia | 100% | 759 | 1:62,950 | 2,535 |
| Uganda | 100% | 700 | 1:58,510 | 3,272 |
| Panama | 100% | 666 | 1:5,866 | 951 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 653 | 1:16,235 | 1,303 |
| Vanuatu | - | 636 | 1:412 | 88 |
| Russia | 99% | 616 | 1:234,146 | 3,305 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 605 | 1:5,826 | 919 |
| Ecuador | - | 596 | 1:29,743 | 1,404 |
| England | 96% | 589 | 1:94,402 | 3,663 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 582 | 1:4,225 | 566 |
| Ghana | 100% | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Australia | - | 560 | 1:24,389 | 1,589 |
| Brazil | 100% | 558 | 1:383,936 | 13,748 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 550 | 1:18,966 | 1,807 |
| Malawi | 100% | 529 | 1:32,348 | 2,463 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 497 | 1:9,593 | 902 |
| India | 100% | 451 | 1:2,693,743 | 127,292 |
| Gabon | 100% | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 435 | 1:7,880 | 649 |
| Honduras | 100% | 422 | 1:20,894 | 1,493 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 418 | 1:40,436 | 2,989 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Czechia | 100% | 401 | 1:26,574 | 652 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 358 | 1:44,996 | 1,605 |
| Zambia | - | 349 | 1:45,429 | 2,968 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 313 | 1:11,343 | 707 |
| Sweden | 100% | 285 | 1:34,589 | 2,047 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 240 | 1:2,421 | 399 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 231 | 1:26,053 | 1,736 |
| Thailand | 100% | 219 | 1:319,935 | 17,653 |
| Suriname | 100% | 197 | 1:2,806 | 651 |
| France | 100% | 195 | 1:340,874 | 4,396 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 184 | 1:83,825 | 6,368 |
| Guyana | 100% | 161 | 1:4,741 | 868 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 148 | 1:9,199 | 1,385 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 147 | 1:1,207,921 | 28,750 |
| Germany | 100% | 143 | 1:676,069 | 6,277 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 141 | 1:51,325 | 1,885 |
| Jamaica | - | 131 | 1:22,009 | 1,749 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Croatia | 100% | 115 | 1:36,670 | 1,485 |
| Denmark | - | 115 | 1:49,126 | 1,892 |
| Kosovo | - | 114 | 1:16,328 | 2,027 |
| El Salvador | - | 113 | 1:56,122 | 1,672 |
| Portugal | - | 101 | 1:103,078 | 2,758 |
| Austria | 100% | 97 | 1:87,775 | 1,977 |
| Namibia | - | 96 | 1:25,044 | 2,101 |
| Belgium | 100% | 90 | 1:127,667 | 3,906 |
| Italy | 100% | 90 | 1:678,468 | 6,604 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 86 | 1:81,284 | 3,182 |
| Haiti | 100% | 77 | 1:139,311 | 7,021 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 70 | 1:308,721 | 11,523 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 66 | 1:360,147 | 24,059 |
| New Zealand | - | 62 | 1:73,162 | 3,478 |
| Belize | 100% | 58 | 1:6,109 | 1,140 |
| Finland | 100% | 55 | 1:99,694 | 2,382 |
| Kazakhstan | 93% | 55 | 1:322,670 | 5,825 |
| Latvia | 100% | 55 | 1:36,648 | 1,214 |
| China | - | 54 | 1:25,297,329 | 60,706 |
| Singapore | 100% | 53 | 1:118,624 | 7,664 |
| Liberia | 100% | 51 | 1:86,511 | 3,905 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 49 | 1:167,622 | 4,226 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 43 | 1:224,255 | 6,748 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 43 | 1:4,135 | 712 |
| Norway | 100% | 41 | 1:125,179 | 3,746 |
| Moldova | - | 37 | 1:96,247 | 1,223 |
| Belarus | 100% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Georgia | 98% | 31 | 1:120,596 | 4,093 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 28 | 1:22,663 | 1,590 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 26 | 1:2,103 | 430 |
| Scotland | 89% | 26 | 1:205,783 | 3,617 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Ireland | 100% | 20 | 1:232,176 | 4,019 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Grenada | 100% | 17 | 1:6,360 | 976 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Iran | - | 16 | 1:4,906,054 | 19,171 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 14 | 1:1,312,819 | 33,687 |
| Armenia | 100% | 13 | 1:224,519 | 3,838 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 12 | 1:595,999 | 19,549 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 11 | 1:10,144 | 1,460 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Congo | 100% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 7 | 1:75,593 | 2,885 |
| Israel | - | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Wales | 84% | 6 | 1:515,718 | 6,554 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 5 | 1:48,684 | 1,663 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Algeria | 100% | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:106,044 | 2,485 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Serbia | 100% | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Mélisa (78), Mèlisa (2) & Melişa (1) are calculated separately.
Melisa (3,374) may also be a surname.
Melisa Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Melisa is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the word 'melissa,' meaning 'honeybee.' The name symbolizes sweetness, industriousness, and a nurturing nature. Popular in Turkey and other cultures, Melisa carries connotations of warmth and vitality. It is associated with qualities of diligence and community, much like the honeybee's role in nature. Though relatively common, the name retains a timeless charm and positive symbolism.
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Melisa Demographics
Melisa Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 3,608 (2014)
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Melisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melisa in the Russian language | ||
| Мелиса | melisa | - |
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