Melessa comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Honey bee queen, gentle and sweet..
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How popular is Melessa?
1976peak year
Today, Melessa has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1976, 28 babies were given the name (ranked #2772 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1970s. In all, around 502 babies have been registered as Melessa since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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