Melissa

Summary

Melissa is a female given name^[1]. Melissa ranks in the top 0.8% of female_given_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month, #17 of 2,131).^[2]

Key Facts

• Melissa's instance of is recorded as female given name^[3].
• Melissa's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[4].
• Melissa's Commons category is recorded as Melissa (given name)^[5].
• Melissa's language of work or name is recorded as Arabic^[6].
• Melissa's language of work or name is recorded as Dutch^[7].
• Melissa's language of work or name is recorded as Italian^[8].
• Melissa's pronunciation audio is recorded as Nl-Melissa.ogg^[9].
• Melissa's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Melissa.wav^[10].
• Melissa's said to be the same as is recorded as Mélissa^[11].
• Melissa's said to be the same as is recorded as Melisa^[12].
• Melissa's said to be the same as is recorded as Mellisa^[13].
• Melissa's said to be the same as is recorded as Missy^[14].
• Melissa's said to be the same as is recorded as Mellissa^[15].
• Melissa's said to be the same as is recorded as Melissandre^[16].
• Melissa's said to be the same as is recorded as Malissa^[17].
• Melissa's described by source is recorded as Wiktionary^[18].
• Melissa's family name identical to this given name is recorded as Melissa^[19].
• Melissa's BBC Things ID is recorded as da1a6ece-1054-4113-a4b6-78c371e003c0^[20].
• Melissa's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Melissa'}^[21].
• Melissa's name day is recorded as July 13^[22].
• Melissa's different from is recorded as Melissa^[23].
• Melissa's different from is recorded as Melissa^[24].
• Melissa's Soundex is recorded as M420^[25].
• Melissa's Cologne phonetics is recorded as 658^[26].
• Melissa's Caverphone is recorded as MLS111^[27].

Why It Matters

Melissa ranks in the top 0.8% of female_given_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month, #17 of 2,131).^[2] Melissa has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Melissa is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]