Melania Forename
8,632nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 119,579 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Nicaragua
Melania Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek μέλαινα ‘black’. St Melania the elder and St Melania the younger were a grandmother and g.d., Roman ladies devoted to St Jerome. Mélanie is not uncommon in France, and was probably introduced into England by Huguenot refugees.
Read More About This ForenameMelania Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 100% | 19,788 | 1:2,299 | 130 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12,581 | 1:4,196 | 720 |
| Peru | 100% | 7,030 | 1:4,522 | 691 |
| Romania | 100% | 6,966 | 1:2,879 | 315 |
| Philippines | 99% | 6,479 | 1:16,362 | 1,843 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 6,281 | 1:41,070 | 5,350 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4,750 | 1:2,196 | 357 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,664 | 1:9,976 | 760 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4,024 | 1:7,505 | 864 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,823 | 1:1,574 | 322 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,771 | 1:56,811 | 3,876 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3,761 | 1:33,008 | 1,567 |
| Italy | 100% | 3,440 | 1:17,751 | 813 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,274 | 1:14,593 | 1,131 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3,075 | 1:5,016 | 773 |
| United States | 100% | 2,724 | 1:133,090 | 5,433 |
| Chile | 100% | 2,411 | 1:7,303 | 639 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2,130 | 1:3,398 | 591 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,807 | 1:5,867 | 803 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1,767 | 1:41,781 | 2,866 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,677 | 1:2,843 | 458 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1,602 | 1:2,223 | 245 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,602 | 1:23,737 | 801 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,569 | 1:11,298 | 875 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,084 | 1:8,134 | 887 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,016 | 1:42,100 | 1,313 |
| Panama | 100% | 864 | 1:4,521 | 802 |
| Namibia | - | 642 | 1:3,745 | 601 |
| Belgium | 100% | 491 | 1:23,401 | 1,666 |
| Fiji | - | 489 | 1:1,825 | 504 |
| Georgia | 100% | 458 | 1:8,163 | 806 |
| Greece | 100% | 340 | 1:32,160 | 1,350 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 260 | 1:20,423 | 538 |
| Armenia | 100% | 257 | 1:11,357 | 923 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 221 | 1:137,783 | 8,875 |
| El Salvador | - | 218 | 1:29,091 | 1,252 |
| England | 89% | 178 | 1:312,376 | 7,790 |
| Germany | 100% | 156 | 1:619,730 | 5,969 |
| Israel | 100% | 141 | 1:59,595 | 3,376 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 112 | 1:150,911 | 6,484 |
| Cuba | - | 111 | 1:103,663 | 2,068 |
| Russia | 100% | 94 | 1:1,534,401 | 11,335 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 91 | 1:177,016 | 2,867 |
| Czechia | 100% | 87 | 1:122,485 | 1,262 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 86 | 1:39,856 | 1,615 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 85 | 1:6,835 | 759 |
| Canada | 100% | 79 | 1:419,410 | 11,768 |
| Uganda | 100% | 75 | 1:546,092 | 12,175 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 72 | 1:114,076 | 3,405 |
| India | 100% | 52 | 1:23,363,038 | 523,086 |
| Thailand | 100% | 47 | 1:1,490,762 | 46,917 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| South Africa | 100% | 41 | 1:1,330,065 | 45,932 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 40 | 1:6,086 | 639 |
| France | 100% | 39 | 1:1,704,368 | 10,676 |
| Sweden | 100% | 39 | 1:252,767 | 8,142 |
| Croatia | 100% | 36 | 1:117,141 | 2,675 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 36 | 1:31,602 | 257 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Belarus | 100% | 32 | 1:296,324 | 2,238 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 31 | 1:79,315 | 2,584 |
| Australia | - | 28 | 1:487,772 | 7,849 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 24 | 1:339,680 | 27,053 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Taiwan | - | 20 | 1:1,188,484 | 41,438 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 19 | 1:186,858 | 2,502 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 18 | 1:9,879 | 1,352 |
| Zambia | - | 16 | 1:990,925 | 15,612 |
| Albania | 100% | 14 | 1:217,612 | 11,047 |
| Ireland | - | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Scotland | 100% | 11 | 1:486,397 | 6,140 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Jordan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 7 | 1:7,650 | 590 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5 | 1:95,128 | 1,169 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Melánia (2,737), Melânia (49), Melañia (9), Melània (6), Mélania (4), Melanía (2) & Mèlania (1) are calculated separately.
Melania (1,236) may also be a surname.
Melania Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Greek μέλαινα ‘black’. St Melania the elder and St Melania the younger were a grandmother and g.d., Roman ladies devoted to St Jerome. Mélanie is not uncommon in France, and was probably introduced into England by Huguenot refugees. It first appears in Devon and Cornwall in the middle of the 17th C (Melloney 1655, Melanie 1660, Melony 1748, Melloney 1770). It is still used in Cornwall.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Melania Forename Popularity
Melania Demographics
Melania Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sample size: 2 (2014)
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Phonetically Similar Names
Melania Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melania in the Russian language | ||
| Меланиа | melania | - |
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