Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Melosa is a variant of Melissa. An origin associated with Melissa is Greek.
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The story
Melosa 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.
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