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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Bee; honey bee

Girl name variations

Melissa

Melissa

- 1% this year
Feminine
Uncommon
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Melicent

Melicent

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Mellissa

Mellissa

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Millicent

Millicent

- 24% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Melisent

Melisent

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Melita

Melita

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Melisse

Melisse

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Mellie

Mellie

+ 27% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Melly

Melly

- 9% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Mel

Mel

+ 39% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Millie

Millie

+ 29% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Milly

Milly

- 3% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Missy

Missy

+ 75% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Lisa

Lisa

+ 17% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Lissa

Lissa

0 % this year
Feminine
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Lis

Lis

+ 14% this year
Feminine
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Meli

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : patronymic or plural form of the personal name Melo, a short form of Carmelo or some other personal name ending in -melo.
  • Italian : from a medieval Greek personal name, Melis, or an affectionate nickname from Sicilian meli ‘honey’.

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