Fun Facts About the Name Meliza
- More than 1 thousand babies named Meliza: U.S. records list 1,054 babies given the name Meliza from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Meliza Mean?
Meliza is most often explained as a variant spelling of Melisa, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Melissa, a name taken from ancient Greek. The Greek word mélissa (μέλισσα) means "bee," and in Greek myth a nymph named Melissa fed the infant Zeus honey, which is how the meaning "bee" became attached to the name. When Meliza is treated as a form of Melissa, that is its literal sense.
Not every use of Meliza rests on that Greek root. The name is also used as a blend of Mel and Lisa, and readers sometimes take it as a joining of Melissa and Lisa. In that reading there is no single etymology, because Lisa is a short form of Elizabeth, from Hebrew, meaning "God is my oath." Whether a particular Meliza is meant as a form of Melissa or as a blend of two familiar names is usually a family choice rather than a documented derivation, so the two explanations compete and neither can be proven for the name as a whole.
Meliza Name History & Origins
Meliza belongs to the large group of names built on Melissa. Melissa was used in ancient Greece, passed into Latin, and then into the European vernaculars. Its Spanish and Portuguese form is Melisa. The spelling with z, Meliza, is a later respelling found especially in Spanish-speaking regions and in the Philippines, where names of Spanish origin are widely used.
Because Meliza is chiefly a respelling rather than a name with its own separate ancient record, its history is short and largely regional. It has circulated as a written variant of Melisa, and it has also been used on its own as a modern given name that echoes the sounds of both Melissa and Lisa.
How Popular is the Name Meliza?
Meliza has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1997. Its best rank was #2,611 in 1997.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,348 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #16,788 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #16,911 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #16,695 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #12,070 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #13,352 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #17,569 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #15,585 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #18,241 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #15,893 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #10,017 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #7,360 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #8,479 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #6,317 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #5,186 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #4,519 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2007 | #5,054 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #4,908 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #4,237 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #3,966 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #4,491 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2002 | #3,780 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #3,607 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2000 | #3,853 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1999 | #6,387 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1998 | #3,202 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1997 | #2,611 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1996 | #3,070 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1995 | #3,400 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #4,082 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1993 | #3,143 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1992 | #3,121 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #4,010 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1990 | #4,628 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1989 | #7,830 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #6,531 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #4,415 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #6,020 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #4,080 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #6,144 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #7,085 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #4,467 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #7,869 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #4,249 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1979 | #4,535 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #4,593 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #4,167 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1976 | #5,450 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #5,045 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #5,222 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #4,280 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #4,982 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #5,367 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #5,288 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #5,317 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #6,027 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #5,280 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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