Melenie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEL-a-nee
- Origin
- Greek
Melenie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “dark, black”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Melenie mean?
Greek: variant of Melanie, from Greek melaina
“dark, black”
Melanie came into English via French Mélanie, after the Roman saints named Melania.
Is Melenie a girl's or a boy's name?
Melenie is a girls' name.
How popular is Melenie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Melenie in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melenie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
Nicknames for Melenie
Names like Melenie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie Melanie Melina Chloe Madison Zoe Stevie Maggie Genesis Sophia Callie Katie
Names related to Melenie
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Sophie Iris Maisie Lainey
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, “Melenie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melenie, updated 20 October 2026.