Melek
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- me-LEK
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Melek is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “angel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Melek mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Arabic malak
“angel”
Turkish for angel, from the Arabic malak.
Is Melek a girl's or a boy's name?
Melek is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melek in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Melek, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Melek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Melek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 198% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Melek, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had fewer girls named Melek than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Melek in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melek in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 98 | #1,992 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,991 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Melek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mila Zara Lyla Isla Maisie Myla Freya Harper Lyra Willow Poppy Indie
Names related to Melek
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Mohammad Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Melek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melek, updated 20 October 2026.