Melecio
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Melecio is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Griego meletios: 'cuidadoso', de meletē 'cuidado, providencia'.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 7.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 11K
- VEVenezuela1 in 12K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 140 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Griego meletios: 'cuidadoso', de meletē 'cuidado, providencia'.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Melecio counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.1K | listed | Melecio | 32 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Melecio | 34 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 2,483 | 1 in 12K | 2.5K | Melecio | 17 |
| US United States | — | 1,182 | 1 in 281K | 1.2K | Melecio | 140 |
| HN Honduras | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Melecio | 6 |
| NI Nicaragua | #914 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Melecio | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the ph-gutenberg1905-names register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Antonio Biaggib. 1978USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican pornographic actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 2.5K | #622 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #11,013 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 13 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12 | #11,013 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 10 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Melecio mean, and where does it come from?
- Griego meletios: 'cuidadoso', de meletē 'cuidado, providencia'. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- Is Melecio a male or female name?
- Melecio is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Melecio have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Melecio in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled melecio.
- How common is the name Melecio?
- In Venezuela, the national register counted 2,483 people named Melecio, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
- How common is Melecio compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Melecio is the 914th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Melecio” — the 914th most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.