Melanny
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning dark, black; a modern respelling of Melanie.
Melanny by the numbers
Melanny was given to 51 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 68 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Melanie
Like Melanny, each of these traces back to Melanie: 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 Melanny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Melanny
Names that are said the same way as Melanny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Meilanibeautiful heavenly garland; combination of mei and lani292 in the US (2017)
- Melanniedark, black; a form of Melanie44 in the US (2017)
- Meloniedark song; a form of Melanie24 in the US (2017)
- Mellaniedark or black; a spelling variant of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
- Mellanydark; a form of Melanie10 in the US (2017)
- Melanyedark-skinned; a spelling variant of melania7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Melanny, 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 Melanny
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