Melanie
WaterAlso spelled: Mélanie
Usually a girl's name
- Literal meaning
- from Greek melas, 'black, dark', through Latin Melania Well attested
- Origin
- Greek, by way of French
- Element: Water
black is Water's color in Chinese tradition
BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.
Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.
- Popularity
US 2025: #142 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #863
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.