# Melissa (disambiguation)

Melissa is a given name for a female, meaning "honey bee" in the Greek language.
Melissa may also refer to:

## People

* Melissa (philosopher), Pythagorean philosopher
* Melissa (singer) (born 1982), Lebanese singer
* Cheerleader Melissa (born 1982), American professional wrestler
* Melissa Aronson (born 1963), professionally known as "Emme", supermodel/activist
* Melissa Barrera (born 1990), Mexican actress and singer
* Melissa Benoist (born 1988), American actress
* Melissa Brannen (born 1984), a kidnapping victim
* Melissa Coates (born 1969), Canadian professional wrestler
* Melissa Errico (born 1970), American singer
* Melissa Etheridge (born 1961), American singer
* Melissa George (born 1976), Australian actress
* Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), American actress
* Melissa Gregory (born 1981), American figure skater
* Melissa Grelo (born 1977), Canadian television personality
* Melissa Haney (born 1981), Inuk air pilot from Quebec, Canada
* Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976), American actress
* Missy Hyatt (born 1963), American professional wrestling manager
* Melissa Horn (born 1987), Swedish singer
* Melissa Kuys (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
* Melissa Lawson (born 1976), American singer
* Melissa M (born 1985), French singer
* Melissa Manchester (born 1951), American singer
* Melissa Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
* Melissa Nobles (born 1963), American political scientist and academic administrator
* Melissa O'Neil (born 1988), Canadian singer
* Lady Melissa Percy (born 1987), English fashion designer
* Melissa Ricks (born 1990), Filipina actress
* Melissa Rivers (born 1968) American actress/producer
* Melissa Straker (born 1976), Barbadian athlete
* Melissa Sagemiller (born 1974), American actress
* Melissa Tkautz (born 1974), Australian actress
* Melissa VanFleet (born 1986), American singer-songwriter

## Places
### Canada

* Melissa, Ontario, a community in Muskoka Region

### Greece

* Cape Melissa, a cape on the island of Ithaca, Ionian Islands
* Melissa, Elis, a municipal district in Elis, West Greece
* Melissa, Karditsa, a village in Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly
* Melissa, Kavala, a village in Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace
* Melissa, a village in the municipal unit Kileler, Larissa regional unit, Thessaly
* Melissa, Xanthi, a village in Xanthi regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace

### Italy

* Melissa, Calabria, a comune in the province of Crotone

### United States

* Melissa, Texas, a city in Collin County
* Melissa, West Virginia

## Entertainment
### Characters

* Melissa, a character in British soap opera Hollyoaks
* Melissa, a character in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Princess Ida
* Melissa, a character in Seinfeld episode The Apology
* Melissa, a character in the movie The Hangover
* Melissa Fitzgerald, a character in the 2013 American crime comedy movie We're the Millers
* Melissa Hastings, A character from the series pretty little liars

### Music

* Melissa, the house band for The Late Late Show with James Corden
* Melissa (Melissa Manchester album), 1975
* Melissa (Mercyful Fate album), 1983
* "Melissa" (song), by the Allman Brothers Band
* "Mélisa", a song by French singer Enrico Macias
* "Melissa", a 1983 song by Mercyful Fate
* "Melissa", a 2003 single by Porno Graffitti

### Other entertainment

* Melissa (novel), by Alex Gino, originally published as George in 2015
* Melissa (1964 TV series), a British television series
* Melissa (1997 TV series), a British television series

## Other uses

* MELiSSA, a project to develop a plant based ecosystem
* Melissa (chimpanzee), a Tanzanian chimpanzee
* Melissa (computer virus), a computer virus
* Melissa (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
* Melissa (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae
* Melissa (sorceress), a fictional sorceress in the legendary history Matter of France
* Melissa (wine), an Italian wine from the province of Crotone
* Melissa River, a river of Paraná state in southern Brazil