Given name & surname
Mely
“one who is bitter”
Mely is a variant of Meli. One Native American interpretation is “one who is bitter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mely is a variant of Meli. One Native American interpretation is “one who is bitter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mely is a variant of Meli. An origin associated with Meli is Native American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mely through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 0 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,349 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,349 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 574 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.