Melisande: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Melisande | Girls
Origin of the name Melisande:
Variant of Millicent, derived from the obsolete Old High German Amalswinth, a compound name composed of the elements amal (work) and swinth (strength): hence, "strong and industrious."
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Mélisande is a title character in the symbolist play "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Maeterlinck. Several musical works have been inspired by this play, including incidental music by Gabriel Fauré and Jean Sibelius, a symphonic poem by Arnold Schoenberg, and most famously, an opera by Claude Debussy.
Melisande is the name of the captivating villainess of Jacqueline Carey's "Kushiel" series.
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