Melaniia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- me-LAH-nee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Melaniia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Melaniia mean?
Greek: spelling of Melania; from melas, black
“black, dark”
From Greek melas, black or dark; St Melania the Younger was a 5th-century Roman noblewoman.
Meaning borrowed from Melania. More on Wiktionary.
Is Melaniia a girl's or a boy's name?
Melaniia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melaniia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Melaniia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were given Melaniia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,081, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Melania 24
- Melaniia 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Melaniia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
Nicknames for Melaniia
Names like Melaniia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Kehlani, Kalani, Milani, Alani, Koa, Xyla, Makayla, Layla, Ariana, Malaika, Sophia
Other spellings of Melaniia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melaniia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melaniia, updated 20 October 2026.