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What does Melaine mean?
Melaine as a girls' name is of Greek derivation, and the meaning of the name Melaine is "black, dark". Melaine is a version of Melanie (Greek).
STARTS WITH Mel-
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA MELANIE Malaney, Malanie, Mela, Melaina, Melainey, Melana, Melanee, Melaney, Melani▲, Melania▲, Melaniya, Melanney, Melannie, Melany, Mellanie, Melli, Mellie▼, Melloney, Mellony, Meloni, Melonie, Melonnie, Melony
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Melaine Ariel (M.A.), ..
How popular is Melaine?
Melaine is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#3019 out of 4276, Top 71%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Melaine entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its peak rank of #1599 in the U.S. in the 1970s, but is not listed at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Melanie (#105 IN 2018), Melany (#615), Melania (#1081), Melani (#1175), Mellie, Melonie and Melony are the prominent variation forms of Melaine. Adoption of these forms of Melaine was widespread 5 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 0.37%) and is somewhat lower today (ADOPTION 0.22%, ▼40%). Melanie is the clear favorite, though Melania has become popular as well over time, while Mellie is now less popular.
Similar Names
Melaine is alike in pronunciation to Melene, Meline and Mylene. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alaine, Allaine, Blaine, Celine▲, Delaina, Delaine, Delainey, Delainy, Delane, Delayne, Delcine, Delfine, Deline, Delline, Delsine (see Dulce), Elaine▼, Ellaine, Felmine, Helaina, Helaine, Jalaine, Jeraine, Jolaine, Julaine, Kalaine, Leraine, Madelaine, Malana, Malina, Mallina, Meleana, Meleena, Melina▲, Melinde (see Melinda), Melise, Mellina, Melusine, Melvie, Melvina▼, Melvine, Merline, Milana▲, Raelaine, Seline, Trelaine, Zelaina and Zeline. These names tend to be less commonly used than Melaine.
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