Melany
Meaning
variant spelling of Melanie, 'black, dark'
The story
Melany is Melanie with the ending tuned, a variant the reference books trace through the French Mélanie to the Greek melaina, "black, dark," a saint's name from the 5th century. The American register shows Melany simmering for half a century, 255 girls in the 1950s, around 500 a decade through the 1980s, then 838 in the 1990s and a leap to 5,270 in the 2000s, better than six times the decade before. The 2010s added 6,263 more. Brazil's 2022 census counts 1,933 residents with a median age of nine, the same young generation. The y ending reads cleanly in English, Spanish and Portuguese alike, which is exactly the kind of practical detail that decides shortlists in bilingual houses. One saint, three languages, no translation needed.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Melany peaked in the 2010s.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,933 people · the #5,227 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 100,000 · median age 9
Among people named Melany living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 314 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Melany
Most people given the name Melany in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Melany deep dive
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