A modern blend, likely meaning honey bee or bright one.
Nelissa is a modern invented name, most likely created as a blend of Nelia or Nellie with the popular suffix -issa, as seen in Melissa. It is often associated with the Greek word for honey bee or the Latin root for horn, though its usage is primarily stylistic rather than etymological.
Less common today
Nelissa isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,974 in 1991.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
