Entry № 6730 · Greek origin

Melaina Melaina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ meh-LAY-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Black / dark (Greek Demeter Melaina + Arcadian cult)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "black / dark (greek demeter melaina + arcadian cult)".

Melaina is from the Greek Melaina (Μέλαινα) — feminine of melas (black, dark). Demeter Melaina (Black Demeter) is the Arcadian epithet of the goddess Demeter — worshipped at the Cave of Phigalia in Arcadia (Peloponnese, Greece) where she was depicted as a black-mantled horse-headed deity holding a dolphin + a dove. 174 CE) — the ancient travel guide.

Black / dark (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Μέλαινα
Transliteration
Melaina
Pronunciation
/ mɛˈleɪ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Melaina stands.

Melaina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Melainas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Demeter Melaina (Greek)
Black Demeter Arcadian cult.

Names connected to Melaina.

The number behind Melaina.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Melaina reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.