Given name
Mellanie
“a dark-skinned beauty”
Mellanie is a variant of Melanie. One Greek interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mellanie is a variant of Melanie. One Greek interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mellanie is a variant of Melanie. Melanie has been associated with Old French, Latin, and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mellanie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,117
- 0 boys · 1,117 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,469 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,469 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 975 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.
Mellanie’s family of names
Mellanie has a related form in Melanie. In English usage, Mellanie has a conventional equivalent in the German form Melanie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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1% boys · 99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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