Melle
Melle is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Melle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Melle is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Melle
Melle first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 6 births, good for #4,291 nationwide. Melle last appeared in the published SSA data in 1918, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Melle
Melle is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Melle's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #4,291. Use the chart and map above to compare Melle'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.