girl's name

Melissandre

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 11
  • Births on record 1,780

Melissandre is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 2002, when 75 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1980.

Melissandre over time

Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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Births named Melissandre by decade in France
Decade Births
1980s 130
1990s 510
2000s 520
2010s (to 2018) 505
2020s (to 2018) 105

How popular is Melissandre?

In 2018, Melissandre was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Melissandre is used

France as Mélissandre #2,462 10 in 2025
Canada #2,583 5 in 1996

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Melissandre is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Mélissandre Mélissandre is a rare spelling of Melissandre, written with an acute accent and recorded about 590 times, mostly in France. 590

Names that peaked alongside Melissandre

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Melissandre also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Melissandre over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Melissandre

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Melissandre — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Melissandre

Is Melissandre a girl's or a boy's name?

Melissandre is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Melissandre most popular?

Melissandre peaked in 2002, when 75 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Melissandre a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Melissandre currently ranks #2,462 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.