English

Proper noun

Melanie

1. A female given name.
   • 1967 Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop, Virago Press (1994), ISBN 0860681904, page 64:

     'I learn the craft. I'm your uncle's apprentice, Melanie.' - - - She did not quite like the way he kept calling her by her name; there was a humorous inlection on the three liquid syllables as though he found the name funny.

Usage notes

• Popular in the English-speaking world in the latter half of the 20th century. Formerly rare.

Related terms

• Melanesia

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Melania, from Ancient Greek μέλας ‎(mélas, “black, dark”).

Proper noun

Melanie

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in Denmark in the 1990s and the 2000s.

German

Etymology

From Latin Melania, from Ancient Greek μέλας ‎(mélas, “black, dark”).

Proper noun

Melanie

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in Germany in the end of the 20th century.