Given name
Melonie
“a dark-skinned beauty”
In English use, Melonie has a related form in Melanie. One Greek interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Melonie has a related form in Melanie. One Greek interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Melonie has a related form in 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Melonie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,462
- 0 boys · 5,462 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 176 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,628 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,628 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 176 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,864 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.
Melonie’s family of names
In English usage, Melonie has a related form in Melanie. In English usage, Melonie has a conventional equivalent in the German form Melanie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Melonie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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