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Melanija

Female#759 most common in Croatia469 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Dark, black
Origin:
Greek

About the name Melanija

From Greek 'melas' (black, dark).

Popularity with newborns

Melanija has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

469 people in Croatia are called Melanija, according to the 2021 census. That is #759 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Melanija is recorded in 16 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

InternationalRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.