What Does My Name Melissa Mean?

Girls' name

Greek in origin

meaning-honey

The name Melissa pronounced as Ma-liss-ah is one of the most popular names for girls; it is of Greek origin and means honey or a bee. The legend behind the name is Melissa a princess of Crete in ancient times, who was changed in to a bee; it also means a nymph in Latin.

The name has widely been used in literary works from Italian epic poet Ariosto (Orlando Furioso) to novelist Charles Dickens and poet Alfred Tennyson among others.
In theatre and music too the name has been a favorite one especially Gilbert and Sullivan, the theatre duo and guitarist Greg Allman (Sweet Melissa). Singer Melissa Manchester and actress Melissa Gilbert are some of the famous personalities that were called Melissa.

The name Melissa means bee ; honey .you dear it seems that your name is very tasty :) rofl

Yes I agree.

It means A Honey Bee



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Mellisa name means Honey, Bee or Honey-bee.
The name is of Greek origin. The Mythology behind Melissa name is that this name was of the princess of Crete, who learnt the way how to make honey and then changed herself into a bee and it is from here the name got its meaning.
Melissa is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Visit the Popularity Chart of name Melissa.
There is also a book named Melissa name in history which is a unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the Melissa family name as far back in history as possible.
Also Visit Mellisa name Average Life Expectancy Chart.

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I hate that name .. Because is mine... I dont know but i dont wanna be a a bee..