Given name
Melantha
“resembling a dark-violet flower”
Melantha is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a dark-violet flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling a dark-violet flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Melantha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1975.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Melantha’s family of names
In English usage, Melantha has a diminutive in Mel. Melantha has a related form in Malantha. Melantha has a related form in Mallantha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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