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Worldwide, メリア (Melia , メリア ) is a common primarily feminine, but very infrequently boy's first name. The first name メリア is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare female name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but scarcely male name, and Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare girly name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States. Also, メリア is the last name as well as the forename.
メリア is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Melia , the Greek mythologial figure, daughter of the Titan Oceanus and consort of Apollo; Melia , the nymph in Greek mythology, consort of Poseidon; Melia , the operatic character in the opera Apollo et Hyacinthus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Oebalus's daughter and Melia , the nymph in Greek mythology, mother of Phoroneus and Aegialeus, consort of Inachus.