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Mylissa
How to Pronounce Mylissa
Pronounced muh-LIS-ah /məˈlɪs.ə/Medium
Meaning: Mylissa is a spelling variant of Melissa, from the Greek melissa meaning honeybee, a name tied in myth to a nymph who nursed the infant Zeus and taught the use of honey.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Mylissa is a creative respelling of Melissa that swaps the opening e for a y, a common late-century move to make a familiar name look more individual. The meaning and sound stay those of Melissa.
The variant was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak, while the standard Melissa was soaring. A girl named Mylissa around nineteen-ninety-one would be in her mid-thirties today. The respelling has faded as Melissa itself cooled.
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What does the name Mylissa mean?
It is a variant spelling of Melissa, from the Greek melissa meaning honeybee.
How do you pronounce Mylissa?
It is said muh-LIS-ah /məˈlɪs.ə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Mylissa a boy or girl name?
Mylissa is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Mylissa?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.