Meli
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning honey; a form of Melissa or Melina.
Meli by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Meli. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Melina
Like Meli, each of these traces back to Melina: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Melissa
Like Meli, each of these traces back to Melissa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melyssahoney bee; a modern spelling of Melissa18 in the US (2017)
- Millihoney bee; diminutive of Melissa or Millicent3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lissabee; a form of Melissa14 in the US (2017)
- Lissethbee; a form of Melissa14 in the US (2017)
- Melizavariant of Melissa; honey bee5 in the US (2017)
- Mellisahoney bee; variant spelling of Melissa3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Meli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maligarland; necklace132 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Meibeautiful; plum blossom13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milifriendly, beloved4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meilibeautiful and graceful3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Meli
Names that are said the same way as Meli, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a bee
Like Meli, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Deborahbee68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Honeysweet substance made by bees253 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 in the US (2017)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Meli
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