Mélito

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Mélito is a given name written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: habitational name from Melito di Napoli in Naples province, Melito Irpino in Avellino, or Melito Porto Salvo in Reggio Calabria, which takes its name from the Melito river, from Greek potamos tou meli.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Mélito: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Mélito
  1. Melitodi(measured from records)
  2. Greekpotamos(measured from records)

habitational name from Melito di Napoli in Naples province, Melito Irpino in Avellino, or Melito Porto Salvo in Reggio Calabria, which takes its name from the Melito river, from Greek potamos tou melitos ‘river of honey’.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Mélito under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Mélito mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name from Melito di Napoli in Naples province, Melito Irpino in Avellino, or Melito Porto Salvo in Reggio Calabria, which takes its name from the Melito river, from Greek potamos tou meli… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios and 1 other source.
Is Mélito a male or female name?
Mélito is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mélito”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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