Melea

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Melea by the numbers

Melea was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Melea

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

  • Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
  • Maleacalm; peaceful42 in the US (2017)
  • Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Melekking or angel15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Melesong or chant13 in the US (2017)
  • Melenadark, black; a form of helen or melania12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Melea

Names that are said the same way as Melea, 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)
  • Meelah27 in the US (2017)
  • Melah27 in the US (2017)
  • Meilah17 in the US (2017)
  • Mella3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Melea

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