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 [ 1 syll. mel, me-l ] The boy name Mel is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is MEHL KEY. Mel is largely used in the Spanish and English languages, and it is derived from Hebrew and Old English origins. Mel is a Spanish variant of the name Manuel (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish). Mel is also an English short form of the name Melvin (English, French, and German). Mel is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1958, 0.006% of baby boys were given the name Mel. Its ranking then was #688. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is now of very light use. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Mel, Manuel (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2008. Mel has in the past century been predominantly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Mel include Mael (Breton and French), Maël (Breton and French), Mal (Welsh and English), Manel (English), Mile (Slavic), Malloy (Irish), Manley (English), Manly (English), Manuel (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Manuele (Italian), Mauli, Melo (Spanish), Mihail (Greek, Romanian, and Slavic), Mihal (Hungarian), Millà (Catalan), Milo (Czech, Spanish, English, and Slavic), Minel (Spanish), Manlio (Italian), Manoel (Portuguese), and Manolo (Italian and Spanish). Details of famous persons named Mel: KEY: Pronunciation for Mel: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
