Melitta (first name)

Melitta is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

Melitta is an ancient Greek variant of Melissa and means " bee ".

The name only became known in Germany in modern times .

Melitta (saint) († around 150)
Melitta Bentz (1873–1950), German company founder and inventor of the coffee filter
Melitta Berg (* 1939), German pop singer
Melitta Breznik (* 1961), Austrian doctor and writer
Melitta Brunner (1907–2003), Austrian figure skater
Melitta Gerhard (1891–1981), American literary historian of German origin
Melitta Mitscherlich (1906–1992), German doctor and psychoanalyst
Melitta Muszely (* 1927), Austrian opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
Melitta Otto-Alvsleben (1842–1893), German opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
Melitta Rühn (* 1965), Romanian artistic gymnast
Melitta Schachner Camartin (* 1943), German neurobiologist
Melitta Schenk Countess von Stauffenberg (1903–1945), German aviation pioneer
Melitta Schnarrenberger (1909–1996), German painter and local politician
Melitta Sollmann (* 1958), German luge athlete