Given name & surname
Meloni
“a dark-skinned beauty”
Meloni is a variant of Melanie. One Greek interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Meloni is a variant of Melanie. One Greek interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Meloni 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 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Meloni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 391
- 0 boys · 391 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,627 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,627 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020; 666 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.
Meloni’s family of names
In Italian usage, Meloni as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with MILONE. Meloni has a related form in Melanie. In English usage, Meloni has a conventional equivalent in the German form Melanie.
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Around the world
Meloni has relatives in 3 languages.
9 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Melanievariant · German
- Melonnilikely variant
- Milonevariant · Italian
- Minonavariant · Italian
- Mironavariant · Italian
- Mironevariant · Italian
- Melunivariant · Italian
- Milonavariant · Italian
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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