How to pronouce Melissa
Melissa ARPAbet pronounciation: M AH0 L IH1 S AH0
Melissa IPA pronounciation: məˈlɪsə
Melissa
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How to pronouce, type, and say Melissa
See how to say, spell, type, and pronounce Melissa.
How to spell and type Melissa
Melissa in readable ASCII: melissa
Melissa in hex: melissa
What does Melissa rhyme with?
English words that rhyme with Melissa.
The name Melissa rhymes with:
| alissa | alyssa | clarissa | corissa | disa |
| garissa | issa | issah | lissa | marcissa |
| marisa | marissa | marsisa | nissa | nyssa |
| wissa |
What does the name Melissa mean?
Literal translations for the name Melissa.
What does Melissa mean in English?
Melissa n 1: a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae [syn: {Melissa}, {genus Melissa}]
Where is the name Melissa popular?
See what countries the name Melissa is most popular in.
A person named Melissa is likely from one of the following countries:
- Australia 🇦🇺 (girl)
- Austria 🇦🇹 (girl)
- Belgium 🇧🇪 (girl)
- Canada 🇨🇦 (girl)
- France 🇫🇷 (girl)
- Italy 🇮🇹 (girl)
- Netherlands 🇳🇱 (girl)
- Portugal 🇵🇹 (girl)
- Sweden 🇸🇪 (girl)
- Switzerland 🇨🇭 (girl)
- United Kingdom 🇬🇧 (girl)
- United States 🇺🇸 (girl)
- United States 🇺🇸 (boy)
Can Melissa be a girls name?
See where Melissa is used as a girls name.
Melissa is sometimes used as a girls name in the following countries:
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇺🇸 United States
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Can Melissa be a boys name?
See where Melissa is used as a boys name.
Melissa is sometimes used as a boys name in the following countries:
Melissa popularity by country
See how popular Melissa is for boys or girls in 13 country data sets.
In 2019 Melissa was the 427th most popular girls name in Netherlands.
In 2018 Melissa was the 297th most popular girls name in United States.
In 2000 Melissa was the 92nd most popular girls name in Australia.
In 2018 Melissa was the 374th most popular girls name in France.
In 2019 Melissa was the 80th most popular girls name in Sweden.
In 2018 Melissa was the 61st most popular girls name in Switzerland.
In 2014 Melissa was the 59th most popular girls name in Austria.
In 1985 Melissa was the 995th most popular boys name in United States.
In 2000 Melissa was the 95th most popular girls name in Belgium.
In 2002 Melissa was the 80th most popular girls name in Canada.
In 2018 Melissa was the 42nd most popular girls name in Italy.
In 2018 Melissa was the 47th most popular girls name in Portugal.
In 2018 Melissa was the 222nd most popular girls name in United Kingdom.
What ethnicity is the name Melissa?
Global data on the ethnicity of the name Melissa.
What ethnicity is someone with the name Melissa likely to be?
- Melissa has a 0.04% chance of being East Asian
- Melissa has a 0.06% chance of being Japanese
- Melissa has a 0.17% chance of being South Asian
- Melissa has a 5.12% chance of being African
- Melissa has a 3.90% chance of being Muslim
- Melissa has a 3.95% chance of being British
- Melissa has a 2.87% chance of being Eastern European
- Melissa has a 18.67% chance of being Jewish
- Melissa has a 6.30% chance of being French
- Melissa has a 1.58% chance of being Germanic
- Melissa has a 18.92% chance of being Hispanic
- Melissa has a 38.32% chance of being Italian
- Melissa has a 0.11% chance of being Nordic
Melissa Probabilities
Gender, generation, birth year, and other predictions for the name Melissa.
What is the most common profile of a person named Melissa
Someone with the name Melissa was most likely born in 1979.
Someone with the name Melissa is most likely to be female.
Someone with the name Melissa is most likely from this generation: Generation X.
What names are similar to the name Melissa?
Find similar names to Melissa.
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