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Melani

What does Melani mean?

Melani Pronunciation of Melani as a girls' name has its root in Greek, and the meaning of the name Melani is "black, dark". Melani is a variant form of Melanie (Greek).

STARTS WITH Mel-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, black

Variations

VARIANTS Milena, Melony, Melonnie, Melonie, Meloni, Mellony, Melloney, Mellanie, Melany, Melannie, Melanney, Melaniya, Melania, Melaney, Melanee, Melana, Melainey, Melaina, Malanie, Malaney

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA MELANIE Mel, Mela, Melaine, Melantha, Mella, Melli, Mellie, Melly

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Melani Maiya (M.M.), ..

How popular is Melani?

Melani is a somewhat popular first name for females (#3359 out of 4276, Top 79%) and also a somewhat popular surname for both adults and children (#93006 out of 150436, Top 62%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Melani entered the list in 1960-1969 and reached its peak position of #1175 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Melani name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Melani outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Melanie (#105 A YEAR AGO), Melany (#615), Milena (#804), Melania (#1081), Melaine, Mella, Mellie, Melonie and Melony are the prominent variation forms of Melani (#1175). These relations of Melani were popular as birth names 48 years ago (USAGE OF 0.37%) and are somewhat less popular today (USAGE 0.24%, DOWN 34.6%). Melanie has been the most prominent, though Milena has become trendy as well, while Mellie has become less popular.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Melani, Melaine, Melania, Melanie, Melany in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Mella, Mellie, Melonie, Melony, Milena in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Melanie outside U.S.

Similar Names

Melani is pronounced similarly to Malana, Malena, Malina, Meleana, Meleena, Melina, Mellina, Milana, Miliana and Miliani. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ailani, Alani, Delana, Delane, Delanie, Delany, Helana, Iolani, Jelani, Kalani, Keilani, Lalani, Leilani, Leland, Maelynn, Megan, Melene, Meline, Melodi, Mylene, Nalani, Noelani, Raelani, Talani and Ulani. These names tend to be less commonly used than Melani.

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