Melissa (disambiguation)

Melissa is a given name for a female, meaning "honey bee" in the Greek language.

Melissa may also refer to:

People

• Melissa (philosopher), Pythagorean philosopher
• Melissa (singer) (born 1982), Lebanese singer
• Cheerleader Melissa (born 1982), American professional wrestler
• Melissa Aronson (born 1963), professionally known as "Emme", supermodel/activist
• Melissa Barrera (born 1990), Mexican actress and singer
• Melissa Benoist (born 1988), American actress
• Melissa Brannen (born 1984), a kidnapping victim
• Melissa Coates (born 1969), Canadian professional wrestler
• Melissa Errico (born 1970), American singer
• Melissa Etheridge (born 1961), American singer
• Melissa George (born 1976), Australian actress
• Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), American actress
• Melissa Gregory (born 1981), American figure skater
• Melissa Grelo (born 1977), Canadian television personality
• Melissa Haney (born 1981), Inuk air pilot from Quebec, Canada
• Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976), American actress
• Missy Hyatt (born 1963), American professional wrestling manager
• Melissa Horn (born 1987), Swedish singer
• Melissa Kuys (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
• Melissa Lawson (born 1976), American singer
• Melissa M (born 1985), French singer
• Melissa Manchester (born 1951), American singer
• Melissa Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
• Melissa Nobles (born 1963), American political scientist and academic administrator
• Melissa O'Neil (born 1988), Canadian singer
• Lady Melissa Percy (born 1987), English fashion designer
• Melissa Ricks (born 1990), Filipina actress
• Melissa Rivers (born 1968) American actress/producer
• Melissa Straker (born 1976), Barbadian athlete
• Melissa Sagemiller (born 1974), American actress
• Melissa Tkautz (born 1974), Australian actress
• Melissa VanFleet (born 1986), American singer-songwriter

Places

Canada

• Melissa, Ontario, a community in Muskoka Region

Greece

• Cape Melissa, a cape on the island of Ithaca, Ionian Islands
• Melissa, Elis, a municipal district in Elis, West Greece
• Melissa, Karditsa, a village in Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly
• Melissa, Kavala, a village in Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace
• Melissa, a village in the municipal unit Kileler, Larissa regional unit, Thessaly
• Melissa, Xanthi, a village in Xanthi regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace

Italy

• Melissa, Calabria, a comune in the province of Crotone

United States

• Melissa, Texas, a city in Collin County
• Melissa, West Virginia

Entertainment

Characters

• Melissa, a character in British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Melissa, a character in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Princess Ida
• Melissa, a character in Seinfeld episode The Apology
• Melissa, a character in the movie The Hangover
• Melissa Fitzgerald, a character in the 2013 American crime comedy movie We're the Millers

Music

• Melissa, the house band for The Late Late Show with James Corden
• Melissa (Melissa Manchester album), 1975
• Melissa (Mercyful Fate album), 1983
• "Melissa" (song), by the Allman Brothers Band
• "Mélisa", a song by French singer Enrico Macias
• "Melissa", a 1983 song by Mercyful Fate
• "Melissa", a 2003 single by Porno Graffitti

Other entertainment

• Melissa (novel), by Alex Gino, originally published as George in 2015
• Melissa (1964 TV series), a British television series
• Melissa (1997 TV series), a British television series

Other uses

• MELiSSA, a project to develop a plant based ecosystem
• Melissa (chimpanzee), a Tanzanian chimpanzee
• Melissa (computer virus), a computer virus
• Melissa (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
• Melissa (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae
• Melissa (sorceress), a fictional sorceress in the legendary history Matter of France
• Melissa (wine), an Italian wine from the province of Crotone
• Melissa River, a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Melissa
• Melisa (disambiguation)