Melitta
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Melitta is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Se Melissa.
- ATAustria≈1 in 5.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 19K
- USUnited States1 in 948K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 144 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Se Melissa.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Melitta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Melitta | 89 |
| AT Austria | #722 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | 24 | Melitta | 52 |
| US United States | — | 351 | 1 in 948K | 350 | Melitta | 144 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 364K | — | Melitta | 4 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 723K | — | Melitta | 4 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 207K | 1 | Melitta | 50 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈81 est. | ≈1 in 145K | — | Melitta | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 166K | — | Melitta | 11 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Melitta is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, Grumbuļbišu dzimtas ģints
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Melittab. 200IT2nd-century Christian martyr and saint
- Melitta Bentzb. 1873DEGerman entrepreneur and inventor of the coffee filter (1873–1950)
- Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenbergb. 1903DEGerman female aviator and test pilot in German Luftwaffe dive bombers during World War II
- Melitta Schmidebergb. 1904GBBritish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1904-1983)
- Melitta Mitscherlichb. 1906DEGerman university teacher (1906-1992)
- Melitta Brunnerb. 1907ATAustrian figure skater (1907–2003)
- Bruni Löbelb. 1920DEnot in their usual nameGerman actress (1920–2006)
- Melitta Sollmannb. 1958DEEast German luger
- Melitta Breznikb. 1961CHAustrian writer
- Melita Ruhnb. 1965ROnot in their usual namegymnast
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 17 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Melitta mean, and where does it come from?
- Se Melissa. Recorded by Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon.
- Is Melitta a male or female name?
- Melitta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Melitta?
- In the etymology graph, Melissa, Melinda and Melisa are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Melitta have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.2 thousand people named Melitta in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled melitta.
- How common is the name Melitta?
- In the United States, the national register counted 351 people named Melitta in 2020, about 1 in 948 thousand residents.
- How common is Melitta compared with other names?
- In Austria, Melitta is the 722nd most common given name of 26,800 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Melitta?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/melittaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Melitta” — the 722nd most common given name in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.