Melony

Where Melony comes from

The dictionaries list Melony as a given name — a female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Melanie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #4,025 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Melony Bell born
    American politician
  3. 1963
    Melony G. Griffith born
    American politician
  4. 1966
    Peak, #988
    107 babies named Melony — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,434.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Melanie.
Namesakes
  • Melony G. Griffith · American politician, born 1963
  • Melony Bell · American politician, born 1961

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.