Given name & surname
Melita
“as sweet as honey”
Melita is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “as sweet as honey.”
Original GreekΜελήτα
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “as sweet as honey.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Melita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,861
- 0 boys · 1,861 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,068 as a first name in 2020; 350 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Melita’s family of names
In English usage, Melita has a diminutive in Mel. In English usage, Melita has a related form in Melissa. In Polish usage, Melita has a related form in Melisa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Melita has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
8 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Melita
- Melita NorwoodBritish civil servant and spy for the Soviet Union (1912–2005)
- Melita AbrahamChilean rowerborn 1997
- Melita AitkenCanadian artist and writer1866–1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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