Meleane

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Meleane by the numbers

Meleane was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Meleane

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

  • Meleana6 in the US (2017)
  • Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
  • Melanydark, black; variant spelling of Melanie632 in the US (2017)
  • Melanidark or black; a variant of Melanie164 in the US (2017)
  • Melanadark or black; a form of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
  • Mellaniedark or black; a spelling variant of Melanie13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Meleane

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

  • Melainedark, black; a form of Melania8 in the US (2017)
  • Meilinbeautiful jade or beautiful forest7 in the US (2017)
  • Meylin17 in the US (2017)
  • Meilyn15 in the US (2017)
  • Meilan6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Meleane

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