Meklit
A girls’ name of Amharic origin, meaning full of light or radiance.
Meklit by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Meklit. In the US, 40 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Meklit. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Meilibeautiful and graceful3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melliehoney; a form of Melissa12 in the US (2017)
- Melishoney bee6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meilinbeautiful jade or beautiful forest7 in the US (2017)
- Melitahoney; variant of melissa or melita6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Meklit, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Meklit
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