Melita Forename
16,497th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 57,122 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Croatia
Melita Forename Definition:
One of the names of a daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh (Victoria Melita), born 1876. So called from Melita, the ancient name of Malta.
Melita Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 15,168 | 1:6,989 | 1,066 |
| Mozambique | - | 6,240 | 1:4,366 | 862 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5,040 | 1:837 | 187 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,916 | 1:13,926 | 2,159 |
| Peru | 100% | 3,896 | 1:8,160 | 1,022 |
| United States | 100% | 3,300 | 1:109,860 | 4,734 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,492 | 1:103,517 | 11,549 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2,328 | 1:1,056 | 253 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,748 | 1:122,561 | 6,382 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,213 | 1:79,701 | 1,842 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,062 | 1:116,897 | 2,758 |
| Chile | 63% | 911 | 1:19,327 | 1,071 |
| India | 100% | 838 | 1:1,449,735 | 84,126 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 711 | 1:21,693 | 2,335 |
| Latvia | 100% | 677 | 1:2,977 | 380 |
| England | 100% | 667 | 1:83,363 | 3,335 |
| Canada | 100% | 546 | 1:60,684 | 3,748 |
| Kenya | - | 529 | 1:87,537 | 4,872 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 416 | 1:19,597 | 1,954 |
| Malawi | 100% | 338 | 1:50,628 | 3,385 |
| Jamaica | - | 303 | 1:9,516 | 1,116 |
| Australia | - | 287 | 1:47,588 | 2,297 |
| Haiti | 100% | 287 | 1:37,376 | 2,657 |
| Albania | 99% | 258 | 1:11,808 | 1,773 |
| Tanzania | 60% | 248 | 1:212,856 | 8,648 |
| Italy | 100% | 241 | 1:253,370 | 3,351 |
| Zambia | - | 179 | 1:88,574 | 4,417 |
| Serbia | 100% | 167 | 1:42,789 | 1,903 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 164 | 1:450,168 | 16,251 |
| Portugal | - | 157 | 1:66,311 | 2,082 |
| Panama | 100% | 144 | 1:27,129 | 2,376 |
| Austria | 100% | 130 | 1:65,494 | 1,711 |
| New Zealand | - | 121 | 1:37,488 | 2,292 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 120 | 1:140,851 | 6,243 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 103 | 1:34,218 | 2,017 |
| Greece | 100% | 101 | 1:108,263 | 2,826 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 97 | 1:74,606 | 2,215 |
| Argentina | 98% | 94 | 1:455,034 | 3,533 |
| Romania | 100% | 84 | 1:238,714 | 7,864 |
| Georgia | 100% | 78 | 1:47,929 | 2,400 |
| Armenia | 100% | 74 | 1:39,443 | 1,638 |
| Sweden | 100% | 74 | 1:133,215 | 5,291 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 72 | 1:28,333 | 3,344 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 71 | 1:425,379 | 12,039 |
| Kosovo | - | 66 | 1:28,204 | 2,747 |
| Israel | 99% | 63 | 1:133,380 | 5,039 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 54 | 1:98,334 | 981 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 51 | 1:161,049 | 4,126 |
| Wales | 100% | 51 | 1:60,673 | 1,926 |
| Russia | 100% | 50 | 1:2,884,674 | 17,015 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 47 | 1:647,871 | 26,056 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 42 | 1:383,534 | 4,040 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 40 | 1:15,864 | 1,375 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Angola | 100% | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Finland | 100% | 31 | 1:176,877 | 3,198 |
| Spain | 100% | 30 | 1:1,550,999 | 10,449 |
| Czechia | 100% | 29 | 1:367,454 | 2,177 |
| Taiwan | - | 29 | 1:819,644 | 35,170 |
| Colombia | 100% | 28 | 1:1,706,390 | 15,412 |
| Liberia | 92% | 28 | 1:157,574 | 6,010 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 28 | 1:48,622 | 4,388 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 22 | 1:39,594 | 1,941 |
| Norway | 100% | 20 | 1:256,616 | 5,928 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Belgium | 100% | 18 | 1:638,336 | 9,306 |
| Belize | 100% | 18 | 1:19,684 | 2,236 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Honduras | 100% | 17 | 1:518,675 | 7,750 |
| Ecuador | - | 16 | 1:1,107,932 | 8,230 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16 | 1:214,227 | 3,836 |
| Thailand | 100% | 15 | 1:4,671,054 | 89,574 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Hungary | 100% | 14 | 1:699,412 | 2,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| France | 100% | 11 | 1:6,042,758 | 22,831 |
| Cambodia | 89% | 10 | 1:1,627,333 | 20,911 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 10 | 1:209,076 | 6,532 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Bulgaria | 89% | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| El Salvador | - | 6 | 1:1,056,964 | 6,645 |
| Saint Lucia | 83% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Singapore | 100% | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Nigeria | 75% | 3 | 1:59,188,120 | 318,216 |
| China | - | 2 | 1:683,027,891 | 94,999 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Mélita (3) & Melitä (1) are calculated separately.
Melita (6,331) may also be a surname.
Melita Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One of the names of a daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh (Victoria Melita), born 1876. So called from Melita, the ancient name of Malta.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Honey, sweet.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
(feminine) - modern Indiana, Vimeira, Alma.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Mel'-e-ta, affording honey. An island in the Mediterranean Sea, now called Malta. It lies between Africa and Sicily, is about twenty miles long, and twelve broad, and was formerly reckoned as a part of Africa, but now belongs to Europe. Acts xxviii. 1.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: of honey: escaping.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Melita Forename Popularity
Melita Demographics
Average Melita Salary in
United States
$43,073 USD
Per year
Rank:
210,068 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000924306
Rank: 4,614 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
98.95%
Sample size: 1,769 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Melita Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melita in the Russian language | ||
| Мелита | melita | - |
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