Meliodas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-lee-OH-das
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Meliodas is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Meliodas mean?
French: Old French Arthurian romance name
In Arthurian romance Meliodas is Tristan's father; he is also the hero of the manga and anime The Seven Deadly Sins.
Is Meliodas a girl's or a boy's name?
Meliodas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meliodas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Meliodas, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2017.
Half of all the boys named Meliodas in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meliodas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
Names like Meliodas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atreus Leonidas Atlas Amias Ares Aziel Rhodes Eziah Thiago Mathias Eliam Ozias
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle
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, “Meliodas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meliodas, updated 20 October 2026.