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

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

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