Melissa
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “honey bee”) (compare Melissa), which in turn comes from μέλι (méli, “honey”).
Proper noun edit
Melissa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – lemon balm.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Salvinae - subtribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Melissa officinalis - type species; Melissa axillaris, Melissa flava, Melissa yunnanensis - other species
References edit
- Melissa (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Melissa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Melissa (Lamiaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa at USDA Plants database
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Melissa
- (Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight / Appointed to attend her dewly day and night
- 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:
- Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest.
- 1959, Nicholas Blake, The Widow's Cruise, page 9:
- - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose.
"Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father.
Translations edit
female given name
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See also edit
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Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Melissa
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Melissa
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Melissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Melissa | Melissat | ||
genitive | Melissan | Melissojen | ||
partitive | Melissaa | Melissoja | ||
illative | Melissaan | Melissoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Melissa | Melissat | ||
accusative | nom. | Melissa | Melissat | |
gen. | Melissan | |||
genitive | Melissan | Melissojen Melissainrare | ||
partitive | Melissaa | Melissoja | ||
inessive | Melissassa | Melissoissa | ||
elative | Melissasta | Melissoista | ||
illative | Melissaan | Melissoihin | ||
adessive | Melissalla | Melissoilla | ||
ablative | Melissalta | Melissoilta | ||
allative | Melissalle | Melissoille | ||
essive | Melissana | Melissoina | ||
translative | Melissaksi | Melissoiksi | ||
abessive | Melissatta | Melissoitta | ||
instructive | — | Melissoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Melissa is the 330th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,361 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,036 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Melissa
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Melissa f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Melissa, from Ancient Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa), from μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Melissa f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Melissa
- (Greek mythology) Melissa (nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey)
Swedish edit
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Melissa c (genitive Melissas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa