given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
that derives from the Greek word (melania) meaning "black, dark".
People named Melania include:
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Melania the Elder
Melania the Elder, Latin Melania Maior (born in Spain, ca. 350–died in Jerusalem before 410 or in ca. 417) was a Desert Mother who was an influential figure in the Christian ascetic movement (the Desert Fathers and Mothers) that sprang up in th ...
(350–410), a Christian saint and an influential figure in the ascetic movement
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Melania the Younger
Melania the Younger ( 383 - 31 December 439) is a Christian saint and Desert Mother who lived during the reign of Emperor Honorius, son of Theodosius I. She is the paternal granddaughter of Melania the Elder.
The Feast of Melania the Younger ...
(383–439), a Christian saint who lived during the reign of Emperor Flavius Augustus Honorius
* Melania Albea (born 1980), Swiss figure skater
* Melania Alvarez, Mexican mathematics educator in Canada
* Melania "Melani" Costa (born 1989), Spanish swimmer
* Melania Cristescu, Romanian–Canadian biologist
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Melania Gabbiadini
Melania Gabbiadini (born 28 August 1983) is an Italian former football forward. After beginning her career with Bergamo in 2000, she later joined AGSM Verona in 2004 and went on to captain the team, until her retirement in 2017. She won five ...
(born 1983), Italian former footballer
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Melania Grego
Melania Grego (born 19 June 1973 in Breno) is a female water polo forward from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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* Italy women's Olympic water polo team records ...
(born 1973), Italian former water polo player
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Melania Hotu
Melania Carolina Hotu Hey (born 8 February 1959) is a Rapa Nui Chilean politician. She has served as the provincial governor of Easter Island (known locally as ''Rapa Nui'' or as ''Isla de Pascua'' in Spanish), in Chilean Polynesia, in the first an ...
(born 1959), provincial governor of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
* Melania Mazzucco (born 1966), Italian author
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Melania Trump
Melania Trump ( ; born Melanija Knavs , Germanized as Melania Knauss ; born April 26, 1970) is a Slovene-American former model and businesswoman who served as First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 as the wife of 45th president Do ...
(born 1970), Slovene–American model and former First Lady of the United States
* Melania Ursu (1940–2016), Romanian stage and film actress
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Melanie
Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".Mélanie
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Melaina
In Greek mythology, Melaena or Melena ( grc, Μέλαινα, Mélaina, feminine grc, μέλᾱς, mélās "black, dark"), Melane ( grc-x-koine, Μελανή, Melanḗ) or MelanisScholia on Euripides, ''Orestes'' 1094 was a Corycian nymph, or mem ...