Melody

Where Melody comes from

From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Melody
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,876 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Melody Thornton born
    American singer
  3. 1985
    Melody Gardot born
    American jazz singer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #79
    3,095 babies named Melody — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Melody Thornton · American singer, born 1984
  • Melody Gardot · American jazz singer, born 1985
  • Melody Anderson · Canadian-American actress, born 1955
  • Melody · Japanese-American fashion designer, television host, singer, born 1982
  • Melody Thomas Scott · actress, born 1956

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.