Given name · also Turkish
Melike
Melike is a feminine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Melike comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish ملكه (Melike), from Arabic مَلِكَة; its root is Arabic م ل ك.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Melike through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 8 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 8 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. 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.
Melike’s family of names
In English usage, Melike has a diminutive in Mel. In Turkish usage, Melike shares a linguistic root with Melika. In Turkish usage, Melike has a conventional equivalent in the English form Malika.
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.
People named Melike
- Melike İpek YalovaTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1984)
- Melike PekelTurkish association football player (born 1995)
- Melike GünalTurkish weightlifter (born 1998)
- Melike ŞahinTurkish singer (born 1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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