Gender
Female
Origin
- French
- Honey bee: Strength: determination. Variant of Millicent. Melisandra: (Spanish) Strength: determination.
Alternate Spellings and Variants of Melisande
Pronunciation
m(e)-lisan-de, mel(i)-sa-nde
Popularity in the USA
- Girls: peak in 1972 (rank #7286, 6 births); most recent 2005 (rank #16447, 5 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | – |
| 2024 | – |
| 2023 | – |
| 2022 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2016 | – |
Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data
Popularity in France
- Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #518, 60 births); most recent 2022 (rank #3654, 6 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2023 | – |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2014 | 11 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence