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All over the world, Мельхиор (Melchior , Мельхиор , Merkelis ) is quite a common male given name. The first name Мельхиор is characteristic of Malta, where it is quite a rare male name, Switzerland, and Slovakia. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Germany, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and France. Also, Мельхиор is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Melchior | Germany, France, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Brazil, United States |
Мельхиор | Russia, Kazakhstan |
Merkelis | Lithuania, Norway, United States, United Kingdom |
Мельхиор is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Melchior , the one of the Biblical Magi; Melchior de Canalis , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Melchior Biegele , the operatic character in the opera Die Schneider von Schönau; Melchior Böhni , the operatic character in the opera Kleider machen Leute by Alexander von Zemlinsky and Melchior , the operatic character in the operetta Simplicius, among other works.