Melanie Forename
752nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,123,486 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vanuatu
Melanie 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.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 261,718 | 1:1,385 | 297 |
| Germany | 100% | 173,990 | 1:556 | 157 |
| Philippines | 99% | 149,837 | 1:707 | 123 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 140,616 | 1:525 | 94 |
| France | 100% | 97,927 | 1:679 | 151 |
| England | 100% | 67,904 | 1:819 | 186 |
| Canada | 100% | 48,333 | 1:686 | 143 |
| South Africa | 100% | 21,090 | 1:2,586 | 446 |
| Australia | - | 16,357 | 1:835 | 186 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 14,510 | 1:1,165 | 256 |
| Benin | 100% | 12,866 | 1:822 | 167 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 12,516 | 1:1,727 | 341 |
| Austria | 100% | 9,897 | 1:860 | 179 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,145 | 1:1,337 | 279 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,091 | 1:745 | 177 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,139 | 1:4,598 | 948 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,589 | 1:2,504 | 512 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,319 | 1:716 | 177 |
| Haiti | 100% | 3,894 | 1:2,755 | 425 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,867 | 1:2,941 | 600 |
| Russia | 95% | 3,414 | 1:42,248 | 977 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,184 | 1:14,614 | 962 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,025 | 1:23,162 | 3,081 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,005 | 1:6,921 | 1,127 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,981 | 1:1,795 | 277 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2,637 | 1:8,751 | 962 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,410 | 1:5,642 | 870 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,000 | 1:107,118 | 5,811 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,475 | 1:11,937 | 832 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,259 | 1:3,688 | 421 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1,259 | 1:14,598 | 1,450 |
| Kenya | - | 1,211 | 1:38,239 | 2,903 |
| Portugal | - | 1,208 | 1:8,618 | 550 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,183 | 1:9,008 | 429 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,116 | 1:231,150 | 21,548 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,114 | 1:15,913 | 1,051 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Mexico | 100% | 971 | 1:127,852 | 2,879 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 957 | 1:31,818 | 2,902 |
| Denmark | - | 845 | 1:6,686 | 683 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 781 | 1:2,360 | 365 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 740 | 1:21,768 | 1,230 |
| Malta | - | 676 | 1:635 | 147 |
| Vanuatu | - | 663 | 1:395 | 79 |
| Egypt | 100% | 651 | 1:141,169 | 5,768 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 626 | 1:48,246 | 2,898 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 593 | 1:17,591 | 1,733 |
| Panama | 100% | 590 | 1:6,621 | 1,027 |
| Poland | 99% | 518 | 1:73,411 | 1,760 |
| Sweden | 100% | 489 | 1:20,159 | 1,410 |
| Israel | 100% | 465 | 1:18,071 | 1,782 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 442 | 1:18,444 | 1,836 |
| Congo | 100% | 439 | 1:11,410 | 1,405 |
| India | 100% | 438 | 1:2,773,694 | 129,754 |
| Peru | 100% | 423 | 1:75,157 | 3,083 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 418 | 1:11,407 | 1,012 |
| Namibia | - | 418 | 1:5,752 | 814 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Suriname | 100% | 411 | 1:1,345 | 288 |
| Gabon | 100% | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Guyana | 100% | 388 | 1:1,967 | 378 |
| Morocco | - | 355 | 1:96,757 | 3,231 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 354 | 1:67,146 | 9,195 |
| Senegal | 100% | 338 | 1:43,140 | 1,842 |
| China | - | 332 | 1:4,114,626 | 53,291 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 332 | 1:16,951 | 1,405 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 326 | 1:4,176 | 750 |
| Kuwait | - | 323 | 1:11,719 | 1,383 |
| Singapore | 100% | 309 | 1:20,346 | 3,615 |
| Jamaica | - | 291 | 1:9,908 | 1,141 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Italy | 100% | 265 | 1:230,423 | 3,151 |
| French Polynesia | - | 259 | 1:1,073 | 243 |
| Belize | 100% | 251 | 1:1,412 | 312 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 246 | 1:14,432 | 786 |
| Bahrain | - | 222 | 1:6,075 | 981 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 209 | 1:16,400 | 992 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 208 | 1:1,299 | 286 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 201 | 1:76,735 | 5,944 |
| Hong Kong | - | 190 | 1:40,804 | 2,443 |
| Zambia | - | 186 | 1:85,241 | 4,310 |
| Qatar | 100% | 184 | 1:12,878 | 2,026 |
| Argentina | 100% | 181 | 1:236,316 | 2,656 |
| Norway | 100% | 181 | 1:28,355 | 1,480 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 175 | 1:14,050 | 1,062 |
| Greece | 100% | 160 | 1:68,341 | 2,140 |
| Guernsey | - | 156 | 1:406 | 104 |
| Guam | - | 143 | 1:1,123 | 249 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 128 | 1:10,139 | 1,308 |
| Japan | - | 127 | 1:1,007,764 | 15,032 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Jersey | 100% | 106 | 1:943 | 209 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Bahamas | - | 96 | 1:4,160 | 716 |
| Brunei | - | 93 | 1:4,512 | 458 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 81 | 1:757 | 144 |
| Croatia | 100% | 80 | 1:52,713 | 1,777 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 80 | 1:89,400 | 7,339 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 76 | 1:1,308 | 280 |
| Botswana | - | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 68 | 1:2,611,241 | 47,800 |
| Bermuda | - | 62 | 1:1,046 | 227 |
| Finland | 99% | 62 | 1:88,438 | 2,246 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 60 | 1:2,597 | 532 |
| Uganda | 100% | 60 | 1:682,615 | 13,880 |
| Colombia | 100% | 59 | 1:809,812 | 10,156 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 56 | 1:3,175 | 576 |
| Honduras | 100% | 54 | 1:163,286 | 4,195 |
| Barbados | - | 53 | 1:5,468 | 794 |
| Turkey | 100% | 49 | 1:1,587,790 | 12,658 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 47 | 1:2,335 | 470 |
| Dominica | - | 46 | 1:1,641 | 285 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 38 | 1:996 | 212 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:15,288 | 1,325 |
| Estonia | 100% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| South Korea | 100% | 37 | 1:149,849 | 6,468 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 29 | 1:249,545 | 3,601 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 27 | 1:1,285 | 317 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Luxembourg | - | 25 | 1:22,562 | 1,267 |
| El Salvador | - | 21 | 1:301,990 | 3,494 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 21 | 1:9,255,128 | 68,083 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 19 | 1:5,873 | 978 |
| Vietnam | - | 19 | 1:4,874,901 | 3,589 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 18 | 1:29,397 | 1,788 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Hungary | 100% | 16 | 1:611,986 | 2,162 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15 | 1:706,760 | 3,031 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 15 | 1:58,072 | 2,208 |
| Monaco | 100% | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 13 | 1:2,404 | 549 |
| Afghanistan | 75% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 11 | 1:547,121 | 9,117 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Tunisia | - | 11 | 1:61,537 | 2,905 |
| Liberia | 100% | 10 | 1:441,206 | 12,452 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Romania | 100% | 9 | 1:2,227,997 | 23,879 |
| Albania | 100% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Cambodia | - | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Kosovo | - | 8 | 1:232,680 | 8,489 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Palestine | 100% | 7 | 1:650,008 | 3,446 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Niger | 100% | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 3 | 1:63,999 | 3,481 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Mélanie (22,505), Mèlanie (268), Melánie (30), Mêlanie (24), Melanié (8), Melânie (1), Melaníe (1) & Mélanîe (1) are calculated separately.
Melanie (7,896) may also be a surname.
Melanie 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
From the f. of Greek μέλαινα (melanos), ‘black,’ hence ‘dark-complexioned’: cf. the Melanesians. The more genuinely English form, Melania, is obsolete; the present form is adopted from the French Mélanie.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (feminine) - Dark.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: One in black: a mourner.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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