Mel

Where Mel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mel.

  • 1 syllable
Mel through the years
  1. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,137 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #688
    120 babies named Mel, the most in any year.
  3. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,018.
  4. 2019
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Melchior, Melchor, Melech, Melfyn, Melhem, Melindro, Meliton, Melville, Melvin, and Melvyn.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Amelia, Carmel, Melania, Melanie, Melantha, Melanthe, Melika, Melike, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melita, Melitta, and Melody.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Mel in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.