Melissa is a given name for a female. It has a Greek origin, meaning honey-bee, the feminine version of Melisseus, a legendary "king of Crete".
Where does the name Melissa come from?
In Greek mythology, Melissa was a mountain nymph that saved Zeus from his father, Cronus, while he was trying to devour him. She hid him in the hills and fed him milk from the goat Amalthea and plundered beehives for honey. When Cronus discovered this, he turned her into a worm, but Zeus felt sorry for her and changed her into a queen bee instead, to be forever connected with honey.
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