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Melanie
Origin
Pronunciation	Mel-ə-nee (English speaking world), Template:IPA-de (German)
Gender	Female
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Black, dark
Other names
Related names	Mel, Mélanie, Melani, Milani

Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark". It was the name of a 5th century saint venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, Saint Melanie the Younger. The name became more popular following the release of the book and movie Gone with the Wind, which had a character named Melanie Wilkes. The name was the 80th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007. It was the 86th most popular name for girls born in France in 2004.

People

Melanie Blatt, British singer and member of All Saints
Melanie Brown, British singer and member of the Spice Girls
Melanie Chisholm, British singer and member of the Spice Girls
Melanie Clewlow, English field hockey defender
Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer
Melanie Griffith, American actress
Melanie Jans, Canadian squash player
Melanie Johnson, British politician
Melanie Lambert, American professional adagio and pair skater.
Melanie Lofton, American journalist
Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
Melanie Martinez, television and stage actress
Melanie Merkosky, Canadian actress
Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
Melanie Safka, American songwriter usually known simply as Melanie
Melanie South, British tennis player
Melanie Thornton, singer

Fictional character

Melanie Marcus, from Queer as Folk
Melanie Wilkes, from Gone with the Wind

Music

Mélanie (album), 1984 album by Céline Dion
Melanie (song), song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Melanie", song on the album Mindfields by Toto
"Melanie", song on the album Goldfly by Guster

Other uses

Melanie (rocket), French rocket engine

References

Melania, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon at Perseus project
Melas, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon at Perseus project
Behind the Name
Behind the Name, ibid.

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