Melchior
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Melchior is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “king of light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Melchior mean?
Hebrew
“king of light”
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Melchior a girl's or a boy's name?
Melchior is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melchior in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Melchior, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Melchior in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
Names like Melchior
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Iago, Perez, Miguel, Thiago, Moses, Manuel, Mario, Samuel, Montague, Jago, Luca, Marco
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Melchior: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melchior, updated 20 October 2026.