Melanie is a girl's name of French origin meaning “dark.” In 2024 it was given to 2,244 girls in the United States.
Melanie belongs to the French and Greek tradition. Its meaning — “dark” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Melanie first appears in Social Security records in 1886. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #42 in 1972, and in 2024 2,244 babies received the name — 260,544 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Melanie means “dark” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Melanie is a girl name. In 2024, 2,244 babies received the name in the US.
Melanie comes from the French and Greek tradition.
Melanie first appears in US records in 1886. Its best-ever ranking was #42 in 1972, and 2,244 babies were given the name in 2024.
Melanie is pronounced /ˈmɛləni/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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