Meliodas
Meliodas or Meliadus is a figure in Arthurian legend in the 12th-century Prose Tristan and subsequent accounts. In Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, he is the second king of Lyonesse, son of Felec of Cornwall and vassal of King Mark. Meliodas' first wife, Elizabeth, who bore the hero Tristan, was Mark's sister, and his second wife was a daughter or sister of Hoel of Brittany.
Meaning & Origin of Meliodas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Meliodas or Meliadus is a figure in Arthurian legend in the 12th-century Prose Tristan and subsequent accounts. In Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, he is the second king of Lyonesse, son of Felec of Cornwall and vassal of King Mark. Meliodas' first wife, Elizabeth, who bore the hero Tristan, was Mark's sister, and his second wife was a daughter or sister of Hoel of Brittany.
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The Story of Meliodas
Meliodas first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2017, with 11 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 26 Meliodass were born — ranking #4,007 that year. As of 2026, Meliodas ranks #5,526 for baby boys with 17 births, gradually rising (+13%). In total, more than 183 Meliodass have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Meliodas
Meliodas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2017 and has accumulated 183 births in the dataset. Meliodas's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #4,007. Use the chart and map above to compare Meliodas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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