girl's name
Méloé
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 1,100
Méloé is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2016, when 65 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 29,475 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1994.
Méloé over time
Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 35 |
| 2000s | 285 |
| 2010s | 550 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 230 |
How popular is Méloé?
In 2025, Méloé was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
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 Méloé is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Meloe | Meloe is Méloé without the acute accent, and the spelling recorded in France, where it ranks #5,625. | 410 |
| Méloë | Méloë is a rare spelling of Méloé, written with an acute accent and recorded about 85 times, mostly in France. | 85 |
| Meloë | Meloë is a rare spelling of Méloé, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Méloé
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Méloé also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Méloé over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Méloé
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Méloé — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Méloé
Is Méloé a girl's or a boy's name?
Méloé is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Méloé most popular?
Méloé peaked in 2016, when 65 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Méloé a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Méloé currently ranks #1,830 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.