Mellisa
Mellisa is a feminine given name; similar to Melissa. Notable people with the name include:Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canadian athlete Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry, First Lady of Suriname
Meaning & Origin of Mellisa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mellisa is a feminine given name; similar to Melissa. Notable people with the name include:Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canadian athlete Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry, First Lady of Suriname
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The Story of Mellisa
Mellisa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1952, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1979, when 221 Mellisas were born — ranking #739 that year. As of 2026, Mellisa ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5K Mellisas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Mellisa
Mellisa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Mellisa's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #739. Use the chart and map above to compare Mellisa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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