girl · french and greek
Melanie
say it may-lah-nee
What Melanie means
- French and Greek dark, black Christian saint: St Melania the Elder
- Greek and French black, dark; from Greek melaina Christian saint: St Melania the Elder and St Melania the Younger
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 69 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 111 in Denmark (2019)
- no. 120 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 123 in Austria (2020)
- no. 128 in the US (2024)
- no. 243 in Chile (2021)
- no. 345 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 411 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
In the United States it was most popular around 1970.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
Iris Jade Ruby Violet Sienna Hazel Scarlett Rowan Blake Livia Aya Bianca
Melanie in stories
- Gone with the Wind: Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, Scarlett's gentle sister-in-law
- Gone with the Wind: Melanie Hamilton, the gentle sister-in-law