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Melani

Girl · MEL-a-nee · Greek

Melani is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,053rd for girls in the US (234 babies).

What does Melani mean?

Greek: spelling of Melanie

“black, dark”

Melanie comes from Melania, borne by two Roman saints, Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger.

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MEL-a-nee

Is Melani a girl's or a boy's name?

Melani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 234 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Melani in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 65% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Melani, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls.

Half of all the girls named Melani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were given Melani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

2012Busiest: 12 in 20172025
Melani in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20245#4,253
20230–
20225#4,168
20214#4,864
20206#3,630
20198#3,018
20189#2,825
201712#2,336
20167#3,389
20153#5,983
20145#4,187
20134#4,953
20123#6,108

How popular is Melani in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,053among girls
Babies in 2025
234about 1 in 6,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 234 girls in the US were named Melani, making it the 1,053rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 989th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 258 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.

Half of all the girls named Melani in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,155 girls in the US were given Melani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #99, up from #1,053 for this spelling alone.

1947Busiest: 258 in 20202025
Melani in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025234#1,053
2024254#1,009
2023227#1,088
2022227#1,098
2021222#1,112
2020258#989
2019235#1,073
2018205#1,174
2017165#1,392
2016147#1,534
2015120#1,743
2014130#1,643
2013101#1,953
2012141#1,552
2011108#1,857
2010134#1,611
2009142#1,584
2008170#1,395
2007163#1,445
2006179#1,307
2005126#1,608
2004114#1,697
2003116#1,651
200298#1,819
200171#2,255
200066#2,328
199953#2,637
199841#3,065
199732#3,544
199635#3,297
199526#3,964
199425#4,110
199326#3,982
199233#3,337
199143#2,732
199037#3,017
198943#2,613
198838#2,739
198737#2,655
198618#4,344
198517#4,453
198437#2,514
198329#2,909
198241#2,369
198130#2,928
198062#1,766
197950#2,020
197842#2,191
197751#1,922
197658#1,677
197557#1,672
197449#1,801
197350#1,755
197261#1,526
197162#1,560
197031#2,395
196938#2,023
196834#2,056
196738#1,905
196633#2,021
196531#2,110
196445#1,731
196341#1,814
196244#1,707
196135#1,954
196028#2,195
195933#1,950
195830#2,024
195714#3,149
195622#2,388
195516#2,838
195412#3,324
195315#2,811
19527#4,482
19519#3,713
19500–
19498#3,891
19487#4,203
19475#5,293

Nicknames for Melani

Names like Melani

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Noa Kehlani Kalani Alani Milani Layla Elani Lexi Koa Poppy Athena Maryam

Other spellings of Melani

Melanie Melany Melanny Melannie Meloni Melonie Mellanie

Names related to Melani

Melina Melania Melona Milania Meilani Maelani

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