Melita
- Meaning:
- Sweet as honey (from Greek "meli" = honey)
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Melita
From Greek 'meli' ('honey'), meaning 'sweet as honey'; also an ancient name for the island of Malta. A gentle classical name.
Popularity with newborns
Melita has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
3,523 people in Croatia are called Melita, according to the 2021 census. That is #250 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Melita is recorded in every Croatian county.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.