Given name
Melisha
In American use, Melisha carries the interpretation “woman of the nobility; truthful; having high moral character.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Melisha carries the interpretation “woman of the nobility; truthful; having high moral character.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Melisha is used as a form of Alisha.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Melisha is a variant of Melissa. The history of Melissa gives this family its wider story. In Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, Melissa is the benevolent witch who frees Rogero from Alcina. Separately, Melissa has also been used in Ireland as an English form of Maoilíosa; the two contexts should not be collapsed into one origin.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Melisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 912
- 0 boys · 912 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 62 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 866 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.
Melisha’s family of names
In English usage, Melisha has a related form in Melissa. Melisha is a form of Alisha. Melisha has a related form in Malisha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Melissavariant · English
- Melisshalikely variant
- Meliciavariant
- Malishavariant
- Maliciavariant
- Mellishavariant
- Melyshavariant
- Melitiavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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