Given name
Melisande
“having the strength of an animal”
Melisande is used as a given name. One French interpretation is “having the strength of an animal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “having the strength of an animal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Melisande through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 0 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 156 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Melisande’s family of names
Melisande has a related form in Malisande. Melisande has a related form in Malissande. Melisande has a related form in Malyssandre.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Melyssandrevariant
- Melysandevariant
- Mellisandevariant
- Melissandrevariant
- Melissandevariant
- Melisandrevariant
- Melisandravariant
- Melesandevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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