Melah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 27 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Melah by the numbers

Melah was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Melah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Meahhundredfold or abundance59 in the US (2017)
  • Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mylah86 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milah225 in the US (2017)
  • Meliah37 in the US (2017)
  • Meelah27 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Melah

Names that are said the same way as Melah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Meela9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Meila17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Melea18 in the US (2017)
  • Meilah17 in the US (2017)
  • Mella3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Melah

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