Meleana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Meleana by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Meleana

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

  • Melanadark or black; a form of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
  • Melenadark, black; a form of helen or melania12 in the US (2017)
  • Meleenahoney; a form of Melina8 in the US (2017)
  • Meliana10 in the US (2017)
  • Meleane7 in the US (2017)
  • Melanydark, black; variant spelling of Melanie632 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Meleana

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

  • Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
  • Melainablack, dark17 in the US (2017)
  • Melinnahoney; a form of Melina8 in the US (2017)
  • Mellinahoney; a form of melissa7 in the US (2017)
  • Melona14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Melayna12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Meleana

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