Names That Mean Honeybee

Melissa derives from the Greek word mélissa, meaning "bee," which was taken from the word for honey, meli. In Greek mythology, Melissa was a nymph who nursed the infant god Zeus with honey. Melissa was used as a given name by the early Greeks, as well as for fairies by Italian Renaissance poets.

Lissa might be an abbreviation of Melissa, but it's more substantial in its own right: Lissa is the name of a supreme mother goddess in African mythology and an Arabic symbol of rebirth.

Romantique French name invoking Debussy's haunting score for the opera Pelléas and Mélisande.

The first bride on "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire." -- not the classiest of names.