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Melissa

in the US

There are 514,911 people with the first name "Melissa" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Melissa 63
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  1. is 59th most common Kimberly
  2. is 60th most common Amy
  3. is 61st most common Jerry
  4. is 62nd most common Andrew
  5. is 63rd most common Melissa
  6. is 64th most common Peter
  7. is 65th most common Angela
  8. is 66th most common Pamela
  9. is 67th most common Gregory

Similar Names and Nicknames

Melisa, Melissia, Melisha, Melisse, Melida, Meliza, Melis, Melicia, Meliss, Melika

Most Common Last Names for Melissa

Smith, Johnson, Brown, Miller, Jones, Williams, Davis, Wilson, Anderson, Taylor

Meaning & History

(female) From the Greek word melissa ‘honey bee’. It is the name of the good witch who releases Rogero from the power of the bad witch Alcina in Ariosto's narrative poem Orlando Furioso (1532). The name was fairly popular in the 1990s, along with other girls’ names sharing the same first syllable.

Variants: Melit(t)a.

Recent Searches for "Melissa" in the US

Since June 2009
177,755

Most Popular Search

Melissa Smith (4,308 searches)
Source: Current searches and listings for US adults on WhitePages.

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