Where is Melissa from?

My guess is...

Mexico

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6%

Venezuela

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5%

Costa Rica

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5%

I'm 99% certain Melissa is Female.

According to a dataset of 63290, the average Melissa is around 30 years old.


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Learn about the name Melissa

Meaning of the name Melissa

Means "bee" in Greek. In Greek mythology this was the name of a daughter of Procles, as well as an epithet of various Greek nymphs and priestesses. According to the early Christian writer Lactantius [2] this was the name of the sister of the nymph Amalthea, with whom she cared for the young Zeus. Later it appears in Ludovico Ariosto's 1516 poem Orlando Furioso [3] belonging to the fairy who helps Ruggiero escape from the witch Alcina. As an English given name, Melissa has been used since the 18th century.

Characteristics of the name Melissa

OriginsEnglish, Dutch, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Pronouncedmə-LIS-ə(English)
GenderFeminine
Traitsnatural, refined, formal, wholesome

How do we know this about Melissa

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.