Meleah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Meleah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 49 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Meleah

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

Sounds like Meleah

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

  • Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
  • Melaya9 in the US (2017)
  • Melayah3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Meleah

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