Melchior Forename
Approximately 6,367 people bear this name
Melchior Forename Definition:
A male name. the name of one of the ‘Three Kings’ into whom medieval legend transformed the wise men from the East who visited Bethlehem. See Balthasar and Caspar. Melchior has been used less often than the other two as a christian name. It occurs as Melcher at Manchester in 1592.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,182 | 1:6,897 | 725 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 726 | 1:101,691 | 5,417 |
| Brazil | 100% | 600 | 1:357,060 | 13,090 |
| Germany | 100% | 494 | 1:195,704 | 3,060 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 453 | 1:18,131 | 1,351 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 367 | 1:46,055 | 3,248 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 352 | 1:149,967 | 7,086 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| South Africa | 99% | 238 | 1:229,129 | 14,169 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| France | 100% | 235 | 1:282,853 | 3,959 |
| Indonesia | - | 162 | 1:1,592,368 | 86,996 |
| United States | 100% | 141 | 1:2,571,184 | 39,530 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 110 | 1:196,459 | 8,407 |
| Haiti | 100% | 109 | 1:98,412 | 5,589 |
| Belgium | 100% | 82 | 1:140,122 | 4,102 |
| Malta | - | 74 | 1:5,802 | 734 |
| Portugal | - | 74 | 1:140,687 | 3,423 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 69 | 1:8,420 | 879 |
| Austria | 100% | 61 | 1:139,577 | 2,509 |
| India | 100% | 49 | 1:24,793,428 | 543,562 |
| Burundi | 100% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Benin | 100% | 39 | 1:271,175 | 11,439 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 26 | 1:593,224 | 25,219 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| Philippines | 100% | 12 | 1:8,834,123 | 129,598 |
| England | 100% | 11 | 1:5,054,811 | 45,959 |
| Congo | 100% | 10 | 1:500,920 | 8,695 |
| Saint Lucia | 88% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Italy | 94% | 9 | 1:6,784,677 | 26,090 |
| Thailand | 100% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Israel | 100% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Australia | - | 5 | 1:2,731,524 | 22,009 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Canada | - | 5 | 1:6,626,674 | 58,631 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Czechia | - | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4 | 1:2,464,477 | 34,955 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 4 | 1:7,612,485 | 167,458 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Namibia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Finland | 67% | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Nigeria | - | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
The alternate forms: Mélchior (1) are calculated separately.
Melchior (21,673) may also be a surname.
Melchior Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the name of one of the ‘Three Kings’ into whom medieval legend transformed the wise men from the East who visited Bethlehem. See Balthasar and Caspar. Melchior has been used less often than the other two as a christian name. It occurs as Melcher at Manchester in 1592.
Is an adoption of the Spanish and German name, which derives from the Eastern Melchi or Malek, which signifies ‘a King’. ‘It is met with in Anglo-French families of Huguenot descent, but otherwise almost obsolete,’ Swan.
Persian (masculine) - Kingly.
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