Melissa Forename
533rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,420,034 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Melissa Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek μέλλισσα ‘a bee', also the name of a nymph, later used as a personal name in Greece. Italian 16th-C poets used Melissa as the name of a fairy, and in the 18th C it was occasionally used as a christian name in France and England.
Read More About This ForenameMelissa Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 960,414 | 1:377 | 57 |
| Canada | 100% | 61,411 | 1:540 | 105 |
| Brazil | 100% | 58,319 | 1:3,674 | 522 |
| Philippines | 99% | 46,581 | 1:2,276 | 453 |
| Australia | - | 36,843 | 1:371 | 73 |
| England | 100% | 32,243 | 1:1,724 | 312 |
| South Africa | 100% | 17,972 | 1:3,034 | 561 |
| Mexico | 100% | 17,324 | 1:7,166 | 727 |
| Peru | 100% | 14,818 | 1:2,145 | 419 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 11,671 | 1:1,448 | 302 |
| France | 100% | 10,906 | 1:6,095 | 492 |
| Sudan | - | 9,321 | 1:4,056 | 655 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8,398 | 1:1,368 | 319 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,167 | 1:584 | 117 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,547 | 1:693 | 159 |
| Haiti | 100% | 6,431 | 1:1,668 | 265 |
| Chile | 100% | 6,048 | 1:2,911 | 373 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 5,114 | 1:5,906 | 735 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4,872 | 1:729 | 135 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 4,450 | 1:57,969 | 7,146 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 4,126 | 1:7,380 | 858 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,932 | 1:994 | 169 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,916 | 1:2,664 | 423 |
| Ecuador | - | 3,680 | 1:4,817 | 546 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,505 | 1:5,934 | 981 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,250 | 1:419 | 31 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,233 | 1:21,672 | 2,933 |
| Honduras | 100% | 3,154 | 1:2,796 | 453 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,947 | 1:15,789 | 1,016 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,692 | 1:22,683 | 921 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,585 | 1:37,400 | 1,258 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,023 | 1:13,340 | 1,160 |
| Kenya | - | 1,921 | 1:24,106 | 2,195 |
| Portugal | - | 1,826 | 1:5,701 | 438 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,757 | 1:3,045 | 365 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,523 | 1:1,237 | 291 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,483 | 1:9,170 | 1,426 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1,465 | 1:50,394 | 3,262 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,450 | 1:32,951 | 1,818 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1,394 | 1:11,556 | 944 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,311 | 1:3,542 | 412 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,298 | 1:2,384 | 402 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,232 | 1:620 | 56 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,134 | 1:9,349 | 1,007 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,116 | 1:129,242 | 2,266 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,104 | 1:5,695 | 1,017 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,020 | 1:542 | 69 |
| Namibia | - | 1,010 | 1:2,380 | 441 |
| Jamaica | - | 976 | 1:2,954 | 595 |
| Sweden | 100% | 959 | 1:10,279 | 898 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 915 | 1:6,150 | 802 |
| India | 100% | 884 | 1:1,374,296 | 81,175 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 757 | 1:7,950 | 933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 742 | 1:353 | 68 |
| China | - | 738 | 1:1,851,024 | 41,566 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 712 | 1:4,814 | 479 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 711 | 1:2,592 | 386 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 688 | 1:33,541 | 2,715 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Malawi | 100% | 635 | 1:26,949 | 2,214 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 622 | 1:11,635 | 1,033 |
| Algeria | 100% | 542 | 1:70,437 | 2,052 |
| El Salvador | - | 531 | 1:11,943 | 819 |
| Denmark | - | 526 | 1:10,740 | 886 |
| Romania | 100% | 508 | 1:39,472 | 2,406 |
| Turkey | 100% | 506 | 1:153,758 | 3,915 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 502 | 1:43,049 | 2,949 |
| Morocco | - | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 448 | 1:18,334 | 1,356 |
| Egypt | 67% | 434 | 1:211,753 | 7,640 |
| Congo | 100% | 420 | 1:11,927 | 1,446 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 419 | 1:19,988 | 1,460 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| Belize | 100% | 398 | 1:890 | 171 |
| Austria | 100% | 386 | 1:22,058 | 957 |
| Bahamas | - | 372 | 1:1,074 | 272 |
| Malta | - | 369 | 1:1,164 | 240 |
| Israel | 99% | 346 | 1:24,286 | 2,116 |
| Czechia | 98% | 341 | 1:31,250 | 694 |
| Poland | 96% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Albania | 100% | 319 | 1:9,550 | 1,528 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 316 | 1:25,798 | 2,550 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Greece | 100% | 280 | 1:39,052 | 1,497 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 272 | 1:113,185 | 3,176 |
| Finland | 100% | 269 | 1:20,384 | 1,138 |
| Guam | - | 262 | 1:613 | 107 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 261 | 1:59,095 | 4,898 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 258 | 1:27,721 | 2,708 |
| Norway | 100% | 246 | 1:20,863 | 1,238 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Mali | 100% | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 219 | 1:812 | 117 |
| Hong Kong | - | 207 | 1:37,453 | 2,425 |
| Japan | - | 206 | 1:621,292 | 12,231 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 204 | 1:870,414 | 22,806 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 199 | 1:119,446 | 13,252 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Barbados | - | 187 | 1:1,550 | 363 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 173 | 1:901 | 269 |
| Argentina | 100% | 171 | 1:250,136 | 2,710 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 143 | 1:1,889 | 381 |
| Botswana | 100% | 137 | 1:15,945 | 2,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 115 | 1:533 | 79 |
| Liberia | 100% | 114 | 1:38,702 | 2,205 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 111 | 1:159,881 | 3,999 |
| Qatar | 99% | 110 | 1:21,542 | 3,094 |
| Uganda | 100% | 106 | 1:386,386 | 10,024 |
| Zambia | - | 105 | 1:150,998 | 5,969 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 99 | 1:1,127 | 180 |
| South Korea | 100% | 99 | 1:56,004 | 3,609 |
| Cuba | - | 98 | 1:117,414 | 2,173 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 98 | 1:538,656 | 14,871 |
| Brunei | - | 84 | 1:4,995 | 505 |
| Aruba | - | 83 | 1:1,250 | 254 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 83 | 1:1,322 | 271 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 80 | 1:30,734 | 1,606 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 71 | 1:489 | 70 |
| French Polynesia | - | 70 | 1:3,970 | 724 |
| Grenada | 100% | 67 | 1:1,614 | 345 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 67 | 1:819 | 157 |
| Belarus | 98% | 64 | 1:148,162 | 1,411 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 61 | 1:896 | 182 |
| Bermuda | - | 58 | 1:1,118 | 250 |
| Guernsey | - | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 54 | 1:10,445 | 843 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 53 | 1:1,875 | 402 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 53 | 1:3,667,126 | 39,769 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 53 | 1:103,262 | 1,140 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 50 | 1:652,470 | 9,656 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:11,619 | 1,105 |
| Estonia | 100% | 49 | 1:26,844 | 2,029 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 49 | 1:232,070 | 1,122 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 47 | 1:11,259 | 1,118 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 46 | 1:399,554 | 14,568 |
| Jersey | 100% | 46 | 1:2,173 | 384 |
| Iraq | 100% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Moldova | - | 39 | 1:91,311 | 1,199 |
| Benin | 100% | 37 | 1:285,834 | 11,817 |
| Iran | - | 30 | 1:2,616,562 | 14,138 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 30 | 1:43,259 | 2,838 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,157 | 268 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 27 | 1:3,430,486 | 3,401 |
| Croatia | 100% | 24 | 1:175,712 | 3,294 |
| San Marino | 100% | 21 | 1:1,568 | 252 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 19 | 1:507,523 | 10,355 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 19 | 1:10,105 | 1,197 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 15 | 1:1,084,889 | 16,581 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Latvia | - | 14 | 1:143,975 | 2,251 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 12 | 1:1,105 | 185 |
| Jordan | 100% | 12 | 1:735,564 | 4,592 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Dominica | - | 10 | 1:7,547 | 350 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Bulgaria | - | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 6 | 1:972 | 199 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5 | 1:95,128 | 1,169 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Mélissa (5,221), Mèlissa (12) & Melíssa (1) are calculated separately.
Melissa (5,804) may also be a surname.
Melissa Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Greek μέλλισσα ‘a bee', also the name of a nymph, later used as a personal name in Greece. Italian 16th-C poets used Melissa as the name of a fairy, and in the 18th C it was occasionally used as a christian name in France and England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Greek μελισσα (melissa), ‘a bee,’ hence ‘honey’ (generally μέλι, meli: Latin mel). Perhaps Melissa was ‘the nymph who first taught the use of honey’; in the Italian poets of the Middle Ages, Melissa was a beneficent fairy. (Yonge.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (feminine) - Bee, fig. honey.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Melissa Forename Popularity
Melissa Demographics
Melissa Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 63 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Melissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa in the Russian language | ||
| Мелисса | melissa | - |
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