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Melissa became a popular name in the United States during the 1950s. The name was very popular from the 1960s to the 1990s; today Melissa is a relatively uncommon baby name. In 2010, fewer than 2,500 girls were given the name, compared with around 10,000 in 1993 and well over 30,000 at the name's peak popularity in 1979. [17]
The modern name Melinda is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda". [1] " Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek, or from Melina meaning "sweet like honey" or from Melissa (μέλισσα) meaning "honeybee" in Greek.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Melissa (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon; Melissa, a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae; Melissa (sorceress), a fictional sorceress in the legendary history Matter of France; Melissa (wine), an Italian wine from the province of Crotone; Melissa River, a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil
Marissa is a feminine given name typically used in Western culture. It is a variation of Maris, which is Latin for 'of the sea'. [1] It can also be spelled Marrisa, Merissa or Marisa. Marissa also means "little Mary" referring to the Virgin Mary.
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Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne.
Melissa Joan Hart has a new Sabrina in her life. Hart, 47, gushed about her son’s love life at the 2024 ‘90s Con on Monday, March 18. ... Although her son is dating a girl with the same name ...