Melanye
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEL-uh-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Melanye is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Melanye mean?
Greek: variant of Melanie, from Greek melas 'black, dark'
“black, dark”
A variant of Melanie, from the Greek melas, meaning black or dark.
Is Melanye a girl's or a boy's name?
Melanye is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melanye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Melanye, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had more girls named Melanye than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Melanye in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melanye in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Nicknames for Melanye
Names like Melanye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Meilani, Malani, Kailani, Milani, Khloe, Alani, Kaylani, Kalani, Nalani, Noa, Makayla, Ailany
Names related to Melanye
Melanie, Melany, Melani, Melania, Melanny, Melannie, Melony, Milany
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Melanye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melanye, updated 20 October 2026.