Given name
Meleana
“as sweet as honey”
Meleana is a variant of Melina. One Greek interpretation is “as sweet as honey.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Meleana is a variant of Melina. One Greek interpretation is “as sweet as honey.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Meleana is a variant of Melina. An origin associated with Melina is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meleana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 284
- 0 boys · 284 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,576 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,576 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Meleana’s family of names
Meleana has a related form in Melina. In Hawaiian usage, Meleana was borrowed from the English form Mary ann.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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