Melanie
Melanie is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Greek “the black, dark one”; also “ dressed in black ”, “dark” or “dark curly haired”.
distribution
In the mid-1960s, the name Melanie suddenly became very popular in Germany, after having previously been practically uncommon. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, the name was among the ten most frequently given female first names of the respective year. However, its popularity has plummeted since the mid-1990s.
name day
variants
- Melania , Milaine, Miley , Melani
- Common pet forms: Mel, Mela, Mele, Meli, Mell, Mellsche, Mellie, Melly, Mely, Melli, Mella, Lanie, Mea, Melascha, Melaschka
Name bearers
music
- Melanie, see Melanie Safka
- Melanie Appleby , British singer (1966–1990)
- Melanie Bender , German singer (* 1974)
- Mélanie Bonis , French composer (1858–1937)
- Melanie Brown (Mel B), British singer (* 1975)
- Melanie JB Charles , American jazz musician (* ≈1988)
- Melanie Chisholm (Mel C), British singer (* 1974)
- Melanie Gabriel , British singer (* 1976)
- Melanie Hirsch , German opera singer (* 1975)
- Melanie Kurt , Austrian opera singer (1880–1941)
- Melanie Safka (known as Melanie), American singer (born 1947)
- Melanie Thornton , American-German singer (1967-2001)
- Melbeatz (Melanie Wilhelm), German hip-hop producer (* 1977)
- Melanie Martinez , American singer (* 1995)
Sports
- Melanie Batkowski , Austrian natural track tobogganist (* 1989)
- Melanie Behringer , German soccer player (* 1985)
- Melanie Faißt , German ski jumper (* 1990)
- Melanie Hasler , Swiss bobsleigh driver (* 1998)
- Melanie Herrmann , German handball player (* 1989)
- Melanie Hoffmann , German soccer player (* 1974)
- Melanie Klaffner , Austrian tennis player (* 1990)
- Melanie Kraus , German long-distance runner (* 1974)
- Melanie Lasrich , German soccer player (* 1962)
- Melanie Marshall , British swimmer (* 1982)
- Melanie Paschke , German athlete (* 1970)
- Mélanie Robillard , Canadian-German curler (* 1982)
- Melanie Riedl , German skeleton pilot (* 1974)
- Melanie Schulz , German athlete (* 1979)
- Melanie Seeger , German athlete (* 1977)
- Mélanie Suchet , French ski racer (* 1976)
- Mélanie Turgeon , Canadian ski racer (* 1976)
- Melanie Weisner , American poker player (* 1986)
- Melanie Wolgast , German foil fencer (* 1981)
Movie
- Mélanie Coste , French porn actress (* 1976)
- Mélanie Doutey , French actress (* 1978)
- Melanie Griffith , American actress (* 1957)
- Melanie Gutteridge , British actress (* 1972)
- Melanie Horeschovsky , Austrian actress (1901–1983)
- Melanie Iglesias (* 1987), American actress, model and singer
- Melanie Kogler , Austrian actress (* 1985)
- Mélanie Laurent , French film actress (* 1983)
- Melanie Lynskey , New Zealand actress (* 1977)
- Melanie Marschke , German actress (* 1969)
- Melanie Marx , German actress (* 1975)
- Melanie Mayron , American actress, director, screenwriter and film producer (* 1952)
- Melanie Papalia , Canadian actress (* 1984)
- Melanie Pukaß , German actress and voice actress (* 1966)
- Melanie Rohde , German actress (* 1971)
- Melanie Sigl , German actress (* 1974)
- Melanie Silver , American actress (* 1988)
- Melanie Spitta , German filmmaker and civil rights activist (1946–2005)
- Melanie Webelhorst-Zimmermann , Swiss actress and voice actress (1895–?)
- Melanie Wichterich , German actress (* 1982)
- Melanie Winiger , Swiss actress and model (* 1979)
- Melanie von Sass , German actress (* 1976)
literature
- Melanie Arns , German writer (* 1980)
- Melanie Miehl , German author (* 1972)
- Melanie Rawn , American author, historian and teacher (* 1954)
- Melanie Walz , German editor and literary translator (* 1953)
politics
- Melanie Huml (née Beck), German politician (* 1975)
- Melanie Oßwald , German politician (* 1976)
- Melanie Tatur , German political scientist (* 1944)
Others
- Melanie Hinze (née Haggége), German voice actress (* 1970)
- Melanie Klein , Austro-British psychoanalyst (1882-1960)
- Melanie Morgan , American radio presenter (* 1956)
- Melanie Müller , German reality TV actress and pop singer (* 1988)
- Melanie von Franck (* 1844), daughter of Gustav von Franck
- Melanie von Schlotheim (1803–1876), illegitimate daughter of Jérôme Bonaparte, who, as Napoleon's brother, was King of the Kingdom of Westphalia