Melodie

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Elodie in FR France, CA Canada, ES Spain and 14 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Melodie is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name6.0K records spelled Melodie2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Mélodie

• Swahili given name489 records spelled Melodie5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Canada, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Mélodie, Mèlodie

• Finnish given name219 records spelled Melodie4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Canada

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Mélodie

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Melodie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from English, of rather rare usage, variant of Melody.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Origine grecque, « chanson ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Dutch, melody

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Dutch

• In Dutch, melody (sequence of notes that makes up a major musical phrase)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, melody, tune (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 88 years between 1933–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Melodie Johnsonb. 1943USAmerican actor and author
• Melodie McDanielb. 1967USAmerican photographer
• Melodie Robinsonb. 1973NZNew Zealand rugby union player
• Mélodie Lesueurb. 1990FRFrench racing cyclist
• Mélodie Daoustb. 1992CACanadian ice hockey player
• Mélodie zhaob. 1994CHSwiss pianist
• Melodie Wakivuaminab. 1996CHSwiss film actress
• Mélodie Collardb. 2003CACanadian tennis player
• Mélodie RichardFRFrench actress
• Mélodie ValembergBEBelgian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 344 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Melodie?

We estimate roughly 166 thousand people bear Melodie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Melodie have the most bearers?

We estimate about 157 thousand people bear Melodie in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled elodie.

Where is Melodie most common?

Melodie is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 433 people carrying it.

How common is Melodie compared with other names?

In France, Melodie is the 77th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Melodie a male or female name?

Melodie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Melodie mean?

Recorded meaning: From French mélodie, ultimately Greek melōidia ‘song’