Melissa

Melissa McWilliams is a Canadian drummer.

Melissa Nair Tillner Galeano (b. 2000) is a Para athlete from Paraguay competing mainly in category T12 sprint events. Along with Rodrigo Hermosa, she became the first Paraguayan athlete at the Paralympic Games in the country's debut in Tokyo 2020. She competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris in the 100 m T12 and 200 m T12 events.

Melissa "Missy", Sheldon's sister on "Young Sheldon".

Melissa Stribling (1926-92), born Melissa Stribling Smith in Scotland, was an attractive British actress, whose peak popularity in films and television was during the 1950s and 1960s. She was superb in the 1952 British crime drama "Wide Boy", as an upper class Londoner victimised by a blackmailer who finds a compromising letter of hers. I'm surprised that more British girls born during those decades weren't named Melissa after her, because it's a very lovely name, both in sound and meaning.

Melissa Gorga (Reality TV).

Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress who played the character of Katherine Russell in the movie Patriot’s Day.

Melissa Ivy Rauch is an American actress, model and comedienne. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Melissa Helser.

Melissa Reese - American musician, current member of Guns N’ Roses.

I love this name, it sounds so soft. This is also the name of a male rag doll in an Anime, check this out: https://kamigami-no-asobi.fandom.com/wiki/Melissa
I find this really curious because Melissa sounds very feminine to me.

Melissa Wasserman is an American singer-songwriter.

Astrid Melissa Edvarda Horn Weitzberg (better known as Melissa Horn) is a Swedish pop singer and songwriter, daughter of singer Maritza Horn.

Missy Eliott and Lizzos real names.

Melissa Ziegler Gisoni is the mother of Madison and Mackenzie Ziegler.

Melissa Gisoni is known for starring on the reality show “Dance Moms” as Maddie and Mackenzie’s mom.

Melissa Jeanette "Missy" Franklin is a Canadian-American competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke and American records in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. As a member of the U.S. national swim team, she also holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay.

Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott, often known professionally as Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, is an American rapper, dancer, and record producer. Elliott embarked on her music career with all-female R&B group Sista in the early 1990s and later became a member of the Swing Mob collective along with childhood friend and longtime collaborator Timbaland, with whom she worked on projects for Aaliyah, 702, Total, and SWV. Following several collaborations and guest appearances, she launched her solo career in 1997 with her debut album Supa Dupa Fly, which spawned the hit singles "The Rain" and "Sock It 2 Me". The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, the highest-charting debut for a female rapper at the time.

Melissa Benoist is an American actress and singer. She is known for her portrayal of the title character in the CBS/CW superhero drama series Supergirl. She rose to prominence for her portrayal of Marley Rose on the fourth and fifth seasons of the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee, and has appeared in a number of television series including Homeland, The Good Wife, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Benoist has also appeared in films such as Danny Collins, The Longest Ride, Patriots Day and the Oscar-winning 2014 film Whiplash.

Melissa Satta is an Italian TV presenter, born in Massachusetts in 1986. She has played professional football for Helena Quartu in Sardinia, and is also a gold medalist in the Italian Karate Championships. She is engaged to Kevin Prince Boateng, with whom she has a child, Maddox Prince, born in 2014.

Melissa was introduced to music through her father's orchestra. At age 12, she had the opportunity to sing with them and then went on to pursue a solo career. She's had some success singing with Wyclef Jean, but she has yet to break out on her own. The Voice is her opportunity to share her music with the world.

Melissa Satta is an Italian television presenter and communications expert. She spent her youth on the island of Sardinia, the land of origin of her parents. She was a showgirl in the Italian satirical series Striscia la notizia.

Melissa Fahn is an American voice actress and singer for anime dubs, such as 'Cowboy Bebop', 'Digimon', 'Eureka Seven', 'FLCL', 'Noein' and 'Zatch Bell!'. She starred in the Broadway performance of 'Wicked' and various theatre projects in Los Angeles.

Melissa Lowe is the name of a professional ballerina who is the instructor in several Ballet Workout videos.

Melissa is a character in The Histories by Herodotus. She was killed by her husband Periander, the tyrant king of Corinth. Periander later sent messengers to ask the Oracle of the dead about the location of a deposit that had been buried, but Melissa's ghost appeared and complained that she didn't have any clothes. Periander gathered all the Corinthian women in front of the temple of Hera, and then he forcefully stripped all of them of their clothes. He burned the clothes to give them to Melissa, and then Melissa told him where the deposit was buried. Many years later, the Corinthians told this story as an example of why democracy is better than despotism.

I'm surprised to see no one mentioned the famous "Melissa" virus which infected documents written in Microsoft word

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The Melissa virus, also known as "Mailissa", "Simpsons", "Kwyjibo", or "Kwejeebo", [citation needed] is a mass-mailing macro virus. As it is not a standalone program, it is not a worm.[

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Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus).

This is my name but mine is spelt differently. This name is also the cover for a heavy metal band, and the "character" Melissa is a skull, who was once a sorceress... but that's the story for the band.

Actress Melissa Ponzio bears this name, as does the character she is best known for playing -- Melissa McCall on MTV's Teen Wolf.

Melissa Altro, a Canadian actress and voice actress who is known for voicing Pippi Longstocking from the 1998 TV series of the same name and Muffy Crosswire from the animated series Arthur.

Melissa Marr, an American author of young-adult fantasy novels. She is well-known for her bestselling Wicked Lovely series.

Melissa Duck, a Looney Tunes character who is the girlfriend of Daffy Duck. She appeared in several cartoon shorts and also in Baby Looney Tunes.

There is a character called Melissa who is the protagonist's mother in The Iron King written by Julie Kagawa.

Rapper Melissa "Missy" Elliott is a famous bearer.

The ancient Athenians called Sophocles, the Greek tragic poet, Melissa because they so admired his poetry (a bee was an animal they held in high esteem).

Melissa "Missy" Scully is the name of Dana Scully's deceased sister on the TV show "The X Files".

Missy Higgins' full name is Melissa Morrison Higgins.

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Melissa Brock is the lead vocalist of Christian alternative band Superchi[k].

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Melissa Anne Fisher is the protagonist in Marilyn Reynolds' Baby Help.

Jennifer "Jens" Melissa Tucker - main character in Goodbye, My Wishing Star by Vicki Grove.

Melissa is the middle name of Lily Owens in "The Secret Life of Bees", by Sue Monk Kidd. I normally am not fond of the name Melissa, but I really like it as a middle name with Lily. I think Lily Melissa just works really well. But that's only my opinion. :)

A famous bearer is American singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951). She's perhaps best known for her songs "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" (for which she won a Grammy Award) and "Don't Cry Out Loud."

Actor Paul Neumann and Joanne Woodward have a daghter Melissa Neumann-Elkind.

Melissa Carlson is one of the fictional Carlson septuplets.

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Melissa Block is a famous bearer. She is a journalist and is inclded in the new book: In Their Shoes by Deborah Reber.

First people I think of when I hear the name are all from the '70's-'80's classic show 'Little House on the Prairie': Melissa Sue Anderson as oldest daughter of Charles & Caroline Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert from as the middle daughter, Laura Ingalls (later Laura Ingalls Wilder), (later Mary Ingalls Kendall), and Melissa 'Missy' Francis, who played Cassandra for a relatively short time on the show. So many damn Melissas on that show! Although, I guess it was at the height of its popularity around then.

Melissa Ann Marie Fuller is the main character in The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot.

As someone else mentioned, the song "Melissa" is the first opening for the anime "Fullmetal Alchemist." The band's name is Porno Graffiti, and title comes from the [translated] lyric "I want to become Melissa leaves dancing in midair."

'Melissa' is the name of the first opening song for the anime show Fullmetal Alchemist.

Melissa Anelli is the owner of the Harry Potter fansite, The Leaky Cauldron. This website is so fabulous, Melissa was chosen (along with Emerson Spartz, owner of Mugglenet) to go to J.K. Rowling's home on the day the sixth book in the series was released.

Melissa Greene is a member of the Christian recording group, Avalon.

There were three actresses named Melissa on the television show "Little House on the Prairie": Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls Wilder), Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary Ingalls Kendall), & Melissa "Missy" Francis (Cassandra Cooper Ingalls).

A famous bearer of this name is the singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge. for more info on Melissa check out her website. (www.melissaetheridge.com)

Melissa Chapman from "Animorphs".

Famous bearer is Melissa George, movie actress.

Model Melissa McKnight is married to actor Matt LeBlanc from Friends and Joey.

I was named Melissa after the actor who played Laura in 'Little House on the Prairie'. My dad used to watch the show every day at lunch.

Actress Melissa Gilbert, known for her character "Laura Ingalls Wilder" on "Little House on the Prairie".

"Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm..."

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Melissa by The Allman Brothers Band. A great song, and I love this name because of it.

Melissa Joan Hart (a.k.a., Sabrina the Teenage Witch), bears this name.