Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇬🇷 Melia
/MEE · lee · ah/
Meaning
“Ash tree or industrious one”
Short form of Amelia or an independent Greek name meaning ash tree or industrious one; used in Hawaii as a name meaning plumeria flower.
Nicknames
mel
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Delicate and cross-cultural; the Hawaiian floral association gives it warmth.
The cultural moment.
Emerging in the US since 2010 as a fresh alternative to Amelia or Ophelia.