Melaysia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Melaysia by the numbers

Melaysia was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Melaysia

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 Melaysia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Malaysia652 in the US (2017)
  • Milaysia9 in the US (2017)
  • Melaniadark, black283 in the US (2017)
  • Melyssahoney bee; a modern spelling of Melissa18 in the US (2017)
  • Melaniiadark, black; a form of melania or melanie4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Melissiahoney bee; a variant of melissa

Names about as common as Melaysia

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