Given name & surname · also Georgian

Melua

“fox”

Melua is a surname from Georgian, ultimately from Mingrelian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Melua goes back to a word meaning “fox.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Melua comes from Georgian, and ultimately from Mingrelian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Georgian მელუა, from Mingrelian მელუა, built from Mingrelian მელა (“fox”) + -უა.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Melua’s family of names

In English usage, Melua as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Georgian form მელუა. In Georgian usage, Melua as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of მელუა. In Georgian usage, Melua as a surname is a transliteration of მელუა.

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Meluaმელუა

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