What does Melody mean?
Melody [melody] as a girls' name is pronounced MEL-a-dee. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Melody is "music, song". First used in the 13th century.
(female) Malody, Melota, ..
(male) Meloma, Meloray, .. Middle name pairings:
Melody June (M.J.), ..
How popular is Melody?
Melody is a very prominent first name for women (#349 out of 4276, Top 8%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#27128 out of 150436, Top 18%). (2000 U.S. Census)
Melody entered the list in 1930-1939 and reached its apex position of #148 in the U.S. in 2015. (Top Baby Names, 2015)
Which version is better?with its variant forms and related girl names. Popular related forms of Melody (#148 from recent data) are Harmony (#184 from recent data), Melodee and Melodie (#1760). These forms of Melody were at the top of their popularity in 2015 (median #1023). Harmony and Melody are two of the more fashionable names for newborns among these.
Melody▲ is pronounced similarly to Melida and Milada. Other suggested similar names are Blondy, Cloudy, Cody, Dody, Elody, Goldy, Hedy, Heidy, Hildy, Jody▼, Kody, Maddy, Mady, Mallory, Mally, Malorey, Malori, Malory, Mandy▼, Mead, Meade, Meda▼, Medora, Meggy, Mel, Mela, Melana, Melaney, Melani, Melany▲, Melba▼, Melene, Melesa, Melia, Melina▲, Melinda▼, Melinde (see Melinda), Meline, Meliora, Melisa▼, Melise, Melita, Meliza, Mella, Mellba, Melli, Mellie▼, Melloney, Mellony, Melly, Meloni, Melonie, Melony, Melosa, Melva▼, Melvie, Melya, Melynda, Melyta, Menora, Mercey, Mercy▲, Merola, Merona, Merry▼, Mersey, Milly, Mindy▼, Mlada, Molley, Molly, Tildy and Wendy▼. These names tend to be less commonly used than Melody.See names in meaning and etymology.