Melani

Meaning: Dark or black
Origin: Variant of Melanie · from Greek melas (from Greek)

Girl's name · #1056 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Melani is near its high-water mark: it reached #990 in 2020 and still ranked #1056 in 2025. About 5,900 girls have carried it since 1947.

Across the states

See where Melani is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#290 in Mexico (2024) · #369 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,210 in Austria (2025) · #1,331 in Switzerland (2025).

Famous Melanis

Melani García — Spanish singer
Melani Costa — Spanish swimmer
Melani Olivares — Spanish actress
Melani Budianta — Indonesian literature expert and lecturer
Melani Putri — Indonesian rower

What Melanis become

Among 30 notable people named Melani:

Sports figures appear 2.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Melani Costa, Spanish swimmer.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Melanie (#142) and Melany (#399), Melani would rank around #81 with about 3,100 births last year — the newborns split about 67/25/8 across Melanie, Melany, and Melani.

Similar names: Melany · Symphony · Melina · Delani · Dafne · Eleni

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