Mely

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/meli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mely is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 8.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 23K
  • PEPeru≈1 in 47K

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)

≈14,000 people, est.

Sources
133 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mely 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.

Where Mely is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines—≈14,000 est.≈1 in 8.1K—Mely43
ID Indonesia—≈12,000 est.≈1 in 23KlistedMely90
CO Colombia—≈830 est.≈1 in 59K—Mely33
GT Guatemala#994≈780 est.≈1 in 22K—Mely14
PE Peru—≈680 est.≈1 in 47K—Mely31
CL Chile—≈610 est.≈1 in 30K1Mely25
US United States—5741 in 580K554Mely133
LA Laos#804≈220 est.≈1 in 34K—Mely2

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the id-github-names register; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mely is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Canada

    Also written Mély, Mêly, Mèly, Mëly, Melÿ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mély

  • Italian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Philippines

    Also written Melý, Mély

  • Croatian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Spain

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Mély

  • Norwegian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Mëly, Mélÿ

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mely is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Hungarian, which

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19701980Mely Barragán, b. 1975Mely Kiyak, b. 1976Mely Romero Celis, b. 1977

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Mely,Hi Mely, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Mely
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020554#18,697
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202020#18,697
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201212—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201910—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20149—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20158—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20247—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20187—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20256—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20235—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20215—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20135—

Reference works 1

  • 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

How do you pronounce Mely?
A machine transcription gives /meli/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Mely a male or female name?
Mely is a female 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 Mely have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Mely in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mely.
How common is the name Mely?
In the United States, the national register counted 574 people named Mely in 2020, about 1 in 580 thousand residents.
How common is Mely compared with other names?
In Laos, Mely is the 804th most common given name of 27,499 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, “Mely” — the 804th most common given name in Laos. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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