Melanie

Meaning: Its source is melaina, a Greek name meaning "Dark-complected."

Languages: This girl's name is used in German, Dutch and English.

Nicknames: Mela, Mellie and Mel

Alternative Spellings: Melaney, Melani, Melannie, Melany, Mellanie, Mellony, Meloney, Meloni, Melonie, Melony and Melloney

Variant Forms: Malanie and Melaine

Non-English Forms: Melania and Melaniya

Source Forms: Melaina

Popularity: The name Melanie ranked 94th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 188th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name makes a strong showing in state popularity data of the 1970s, but makes few (if any) appearances on lists compiled after that period.

Arts and Music

Melanie (Safka) (born 1948)
American singer and songwriter.
- Performed at Woodstock, August 15-17, 1969 (see list of Performers at Woodstock)

Stage and Screen

Melanie Daniels
Fictional character.
- Played by Tippi Hedren (see list of Character from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds)
Melanie Hutsell
Comedienne.
- A cast member on ''''Saturday Night Live,'''' from 1991-1994 (see list of Saturday Night Live)

The Literary World

Melanie Hamilton Wilkes
Fictional character.
- Scarlett''s friend, and Ashley''s wife, in Margaret Mitchell''s Gone with the Wind (see list of Characters in Literature of the American South)


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