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Mel

Boy/Girl

Short form of Melvin, Melanie, Melissa and other names beginning with Mel.

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Related names: Lissa, Malani, Malinda, Melanie, Melany, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melvin, Melvyn, Mindy, Missie, Missy

Melinda

Girl

Combination of Mel with the popular name suffix inda.

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Melvin

Boy

From a Scots surname that was a variant of Melville.

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Melchior

Boy

Possibly from the Hebrew roots מֶלֶךְ meaning "king" and אוֹר meaning "light".

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Melba

Girl

This name comes from the surname of the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba.

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Melantha

Girl

Probably a combination of Mel with the suffix antha meaning "flower").

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Melisa

Girl

Spanish, Bosnian, Albanian, Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Melissa.

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Melanthios

Boy

This name is derived from Greek μέλας meaning "black, dark" and ἄνθος meaning "flower".

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