Melany

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Modern form of Melanie; Gk

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

/melaŋi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Melany is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 571(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 975
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 1.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Melany itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

225,738 named Melanie, 2020

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
234 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 571 (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MelanyLatin(measured from records)
ΜελανιGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mélany in GT Guatemala.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Modern form of Melanie; Gk. 'dark'.

Sources 1

  • Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Melany counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Melany is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—225,738as Melanie1 in 1.5K225KMelany234
EC Ecuador#39729,5841 in 57130KMelany36
ID Indonesia—≈22,000 est.≈1 in 12K—Melany72
AR Argentina#421≈11,000 est.≈1 in 4.2K146Melany67
GT Guatemala—≈7,000 est.≈1 in 2.5K1.1KMélany29
UY Uruguay#1253,4741 in 9753.5KMelany25
CR Costa Rica#1733,4061 in 1.5K3.4KMelany46
DK Denmark—2,491as Melanie1 in 2.4K2.5K——

225,738 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling melanie. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); RENAP — annual births. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Melany is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name39 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, French, German

    Also written Mélany, Mèlany, Mel-Any, Mél-Any, Mêlany

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mélany

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Poland, Peru

    Also written Mélany

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, Ecuador, South Africa

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Mëlänÿ

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Ecuador, Spain

    Also written Mélany

  • Czech given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Mëläny, Mélany

  • Russian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Russia, Ecuador

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Mélany, Mëlänÿ, Mëlany

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Melany Barnes, b. 1956Melany Ángeles Moras, b. 1977Melany Bergés Gámez, b. 1990Melany Da Costa Pereira, b. 1993Brigitte Garcia, b. 1997Melany Hernández, b. 1998Melany Krywoj, b. 1998Melany del Pilar Matheus, b. 2001Melany Bolaño, b. 2004

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Melany,Hi Melany, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 65 sources across 39 countries.

Official registers attesting Melany
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202430K#62
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202012K#2,133
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—3.5K—
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—3.4K#236
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—3.2K—
GT GuatemalaRENAP — annual births20221.1K#10
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025779—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—244—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)2024176—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)2024146#617
AR Argentinadatos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015)201548—
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)201548—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Melany come from?
Modern form of Melanie; Gk. 'dark'. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
What are other forms of the name Melany?
In the etymology graph, Melanie, Melania and Mélanie are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Melany?
A machine transcription gives /melaŋi/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Melany a male or female name?
Melany is a female 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.
What does the name Melany mean?
Recorded meaning: Modern form of Melanie; Gk.
In which country does Melany have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 226 thousand people named Melanie, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Melany most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Melany is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 571 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Melany?
In Ecuador, the national register counted 29,584 people named Melany in 2024, about 1 in 571 residents.
How common is Melany compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Melany is the 125th most common given name of 12,212 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Melany” — the 125th most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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