Mellie

Where Mellie comes from

The dictionaries list Mellie as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Melanie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #421 among girls — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #387
    39 babies named Mellie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #735.
  4. 1908
    Mellie Uyldert born
    Dutch astrologer
  5. 1982
    Mellie Francon born
    Swiss snowboarder
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Melanie.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Melinda.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
Namesakes
  • Mellie Francon · Swiss snowboarder, born 1982
  • Mellie Uyldert · Dutch astrologer, 1908–2009
  • Mellie Wolfgang · American baseball player, 1890–1947

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.