Given name & surname
Meliton
Meliton is a masculine given name. It is used in Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Meliton isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meliton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 436
- 436 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 16 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 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,425 as a first name in 2020; 123 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.
Meliton’s family of names
In English usage, Meliton has a diminutive in Mel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
People named Meliton
- Melito of SardisAncient Roman Eunuch and saint100–180
- Meliton KantariaHero of the Soviet Union (1920-1993)
- Meliton BalanchivadzeGeorgian musician (1862-1937)1863–1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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“from the nobleman's town”
>99% boys
Eldon
“from the sacred hill”
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