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The variant spelling/pronunciation Melitta is the Attic Greek dialect for Melissa. (Compare the Attic word for sea, thalatta, with the more common thalassa.)Within a fragment of the Orphic poetry, quoted by Natalis Comes, Melitta is spoken of as a hive, and called Seira, or the hive of Venus:
Melissa is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Lamiaceae. Its species are native to Europe and Asia but cultivated and naturalized in many other places. [1] [2 ...
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) [1] [2] is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous ...
Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. Her eponymous debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 [ 5 ] and its lead single, " Bring Me Some Water ", garnered Etheridge her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock ...
Melissa Peterman (born July 1, 1971) [1] is an American actress, television host and comedian. She has played the role of Barbra Jean in the television comedy series Reba , [ 2 ] appeared as Bonnie Wheeler in the ABC Family / Freeform series Baby Daddy , and was host of ABC Family's Dancing Fools , ABC 's Bet on Your Baby , and CMT 's The ...
Melissa, daughter of the Cretan king Melissus, who, together with her sister Amalthea, fed Zeus with goats' milk. [8] She may be the same as the above Melissa. Melissa, daughter of Epidamnus and mother of Dyrrhachius by Poseidon. Her father and son gave their name to the town in Illyria which was called Epidamnos and later on Dyrrhachium. [9]
Melissa Warburg Rosenberg [1] (formerly Endicott; born January 20, 1968), [2] known professionally as Melissa Rivers, is an American television host and actress. She is the only child of comedian Joan Rivers and producer Edgar Rosenberg .
Melissa Anne Villaseñor (/ ˌ v iː j ə s ɪ n ˈ j ɔːr / VEE-yə-sin-YOR; born October 9, 1987) is an American comedian, actress, musician, and illustrator.First garnering attention for her stand-up shows and impressions, Villaseñor found wider success when she was hired to join the cast of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ahead of the show's 42nd season in 2016.