Baby name
STABLE GIRL · GREEK
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 +2 Melanie
/MEL · ah · nee/
Meaning
“Dark or black-haired”
From Greek melaina meaning 'dark' or 'black-haired', a name for a dark beauty.
How it ages.
Warm and pleasant, had a strong run in the 1970s–90s; heading toward classic status.
The cultural moment.
Common among adults 30–50; less frequently chosen for babies now but not extinct.