Given name & surname
Melecio
“an attentive man; one who is careful”
Melecio is a variant of Melesio. One Spanish interpretation is “an attentive man; one who is careful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Melecio is a variant of Melesio. One Spanish interpretation is “an attentive man; one who is careful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Melecio is a variant of Melesio. An origin associated with Melesio is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Melecio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 446
- 446 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 13 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 boys is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,182 as a first name in 2020; 1,189 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Melecio’s family of names
Melecio has a related form in Melesio. In Spanish usage, Melecio has a conventional equivalent in the English form Meletius. In Spanish usage, Melecio has a conventional equivalent in the French form Mélèce.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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