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about|the given name|other uses|Melanie (disambiguation)Infobox given name| name = Melanie| | pronunciation= IPA-en|'m?l?ni|langrespell|MEL|?-nee, IPA-de|'m?lani?|lang| gender = Female | meaning = Black, dark| region =| origin = Greek language|Greek | related names = Mel, Mélanie , Melani, Milani| footnotes = Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek language|Greek µe?a??a (melania), "blackness" http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text? doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dmelani%2Fa1 Melania, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon at Perseus project and that from µ??a? (melas), meaning "dark". http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text? doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dme%2Flas Melas, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon at Perseus project Borne in its Latin form by two saints: Melania the Elder and her grand-daughter Melania the Younger , http://www.behindthename.com/php/find.php? name=melanie Behind the Name the name was introduced to England by the Normans in its French form Melanie . However the name only became common in English usage in the 1930s due to the popularity of Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and its Gone with the Wind (film)|1939 filmation , as one of the novel's main characters was named Melanie Hamilton . The name's popularity increased until the 1970s since remaining constant. Melanie was the 80th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and - as Mélanie - was the 86th most popular name for girls born in France in 2004. http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php? terms=melanie Behind the Name, ibid. In Australia Melanie is typically pronounced with the second syllable stressed.
Notable namesakes include:
Melanie Blatt (born 1975), British singer and member of All Saints (group)|All Saints
Melanie Brown (born 1975), British singer and member of the Spice Girls
Melanie Chisholm (born 1974), British singer and member of the Spice Girls
Melanie Clewlow (born 1976), English field hockey defender
List of Queer as Folk characters#Melanie Marcus|Melanie Marcus , from Queer as Folk
Melanie Hamilton , from Gone with the Wind
Melanie Stryder, a character in the novel The Host (novel)|The Host
Melanie Isaacs, from Disgrace (novel)|Disgrace
Melanie Barnett, played by actress Tia Mowry on the The CW Television Network|CW / Black Entertainment Television|BET comedy-drama series, The Game (U.S. TV series)|The Game
Minor characters of Days of our Lives#Melanie Layton Kiriakis|Melanie Layton Kiriakis , a minor character on the American soap opera Days of our Lives
See also:
Melania
Mélanie
References
Reflist Category:English feminine given names Category:Given names of Greek language origin
