Melissa
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Melissa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Melissa has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 54 |
| 1999 | 64 |
| 2000 | 69 |
| 2001 | 67 |
| 2002 | 73 |
| 2003 | 84 |
| 2004 | 100 |
| 2005 | 91 |
| 2006 | 97 |
| 2007 | 113 |
| 2008 | 111 |
| 2009 | 119 |
| 2010 | 141 |
| 2011 | 167 |
| 2012 | 183 |
| 2013 | 219 |
| 2014 | 191 |
| 2015 | 163 |
| 2016 | 197 |
| 2017 | 173 |
| 2018 | 156 |
| 2019 | 152 |
| 2020 | 135 |
| 2021 | 124 |
| 2022 | 127 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 694 |
| 2000 | 777 |
| 2001 | 847 |
| 2002 | 929 |
| 2003 | 1,031 |
| 2004 | 1,125 |
| 2005 | 1,225 |
| 2006 | 1,319 |
| 2007 | 1,434 |
| 2008 | 1,571 |
| 2009 | 1,695 |
| 2010 | 1,867 |
| 2011 | 2,052 |
| 2012 | 2,250 |
| 2013 | 2,495 |
| 2014 | 2,713 |
| 2015 | 2,898 |
| 2016 | 3,112 |
| 2017 | 3,310 |
| 2018 | 3,492 |
| 2019 | 3,659 |
| 2020 | 3,805 |
Melissa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Melissa.Hi! My name is Melissa.
- Melissa bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Melissa lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Melissa kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Melissa is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Melissas mamma är lärare.Melissa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Melissas mamma is Melissa's mum.
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Questions about Melissa
How do you pronounce Melissa in Swedish?
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What does the name Melissa mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa.
How popular is Melissa in Sweden?
127 babies were named Melissa in 2022. In 2020, 3,805 people in Sweden had Melissa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2013 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.