Mellani
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Mellani by the numbers
Mellani was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mellani
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 Mellani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Meilanibeautiful heavenly garland; combination of mei and lani292 in the US (2017)
- Melanidark or black; a variant of Melanie164 in the US (2017)
- Mellaniedark or black; a spelling variant of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
- Mellanydark; a form of Melanie10 in the US (2017)
- Mehlani22 in the US (2017)
- Millani8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mellani
Names that are said the same way as Mellani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Melanydark, black; variant spelling of Melanie632 in the US (2017)
- Melannydark, black; a modern respelling of Melanie51 in the US (2017)
- Melanniedark, black; a form of Melanie44 in the US (2017)
- Meloniedark song; a form of Melanie24 in the US (2017)
- Melanyedark-skinned; a spelling variant of melania7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mellani
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