Meline (first name)

Meline is a feminine given name .

Origin and meaning of the name

It can be a modification of Melina or a short form of Magdalena . As an independent name, Meline is derived from Emmeline. In French, Meline is a short form of Ameline, which in turn derives from the name Amalia . Meline can also be an independent name of Hessian origin. Meline also has the Greek meaning "the sweetness of honey".

Meline is one of the fifty thespiads and therefore a mythological figure. She is the daughter of Thespios and the mother of Laomedon.

Well-known namesake

Magdalena Maria Caroline Francisca Brentano , called Meline (1788–1861), sister of Clemens Brentano and Bettina von Arnim
Meline Dalusjan (* 1988), Armenian weightlifter

Individual evidence

↑ F.-W. Weitershaus, The new large first name book , Orbis Verlag, Munich 2003, page 231
Jump up ↑ Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, Das große Namenlexikon, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, page 297
↑ Ernst Wasserzieher, Hans and Grete , 18th edition, Bonn 1972, page 125

[1] F.-W. Weitershaus, The new large first name book , Orbis Verlag, Munich 2003, page 231

[2] Jump up ↑ Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, Das große Namenlexikon, Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, page 297

[3] Ernst Wasserzieher, Hans and Grete , 18th edition, Bonn 1972, page 125