Melaine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEL-uh-nee
- Origin
- Greek
Melaine is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Melaine mean?
Greek: variant of Melanie, from Greek melas 'black, dark'
“black, dark”
A variant of Melanie, from the Greek melas, 'black'; Saint Melaine was an early 6th-century bishop of Rennes.
Is Melaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Melaine is a girls' name.
How popular is Melaine in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the girls named Melaine in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,905 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,837 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,797 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 81 | #1,482 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1977 | 76 | #1,451 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,585 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,544 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,486 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,586 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,653 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,685 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,607 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,060 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,102 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,279 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
Nicknames for Melaine
Names like Melaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Nicole Michelle Stephanie Danielle Megan Christina Andrea Selene Cassandra Melody Katherine
Names related to Melaine
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melaine, updated 20 October 2026.