Melissa

Etymology
(compare ), which in turn comes from.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe;  - subtribe

Hyponyms

 * - type species;, , - other species

Etymology
From. In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
 * 2) . Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.

Translations

 * Albanian: Meljisa
 * Cherokee: ᎺᎵᏌ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 梅麗莎
 * Mandarin: 梅利莎
 * Danish: Melissa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: Maolíosa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: メリッサ
 * Korean: ^멜리사
 * Persian: ملیسا
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: Мелиса,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เมลิสสา
 * Turkish: Melisa

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
, from, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)   nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey
 * 1)   nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey