Melaine
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning dark, black; a form of Melania.
Melaine by the numbers
Melaine was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 83 babies in 1980, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Melania
Like Melaine, each of these traces back to Melania: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melaine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Melainablack, dark17 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Melanydark, black; variant spelling of Melanie632 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Melanidark or black; a variant of Melanie164 in the US (2017)
- Melannydark, black; a modern respelling of Melanie51 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Melaine
Names that are said the same way as Melaine, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Melaine, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Melaine
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