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 f ...
that derives from the Greek word , feminine (Melania) meaning "black, dark".
People named Melania include:
* Melania the Elder (350–410), a Christian saint and an influential figure in the ascetic movement
* 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
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Melania Cristescu
Melania Elena Cristescu is a Romanian–Canadian biologist and ecologist. She is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Ecological Genomics at McGill University and the Co-Editor of ''Genome''.
Early life
Born in Brașov, Cristescu chose her c ...
, 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) 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 and stati ...
(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 Isla de Pascua Province (Easter Island, known locally as ''Rapa Nui''), in Chilean Polynesia, in the first and second ...
(born 1959), provincial governor of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
* Melania Mazzucco (born 1966), Italian author
* Melania Rodríguez (born 2001), Spanish trampolinist
* Melania Tartabull (born 1955), Cuban volleyball player
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Melania Trump
Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs, April26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model who is married to U.S. President Donald Trump. Since 2025, Melania Trump has served as the first lady of the United States, a role she previous ...
(born 1970), Slovene–American model and First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025
* Melania Ursu (1940–2016), Romanian stage and film actress
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Melanie
Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek language, Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".Mélanie
* Melanija
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Malenia
is a character in the 2022 video game ''Elden Ring''. Malenia appears as a tall, red-haired woman, wearing a golden valkyrie-like armour and prosthetics replacing both legs and her right arm, the latter of which is attached to a katana-like blad ...
, character in the video game ''Elden Ring''
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Melaina
In Greek mythology, Melaena or Melena (, feminine "black, dark"), Melane () or MelanisScholia on Euripides, ''Orestes'' 1094 was a Corycian nymph, or member of the prophetic Thriae, of the springs of Delphi in Phocis.
Family
Melaena's fathe ...