Melody

Greek

"song"

Melody Origin and Meaning

The name Melody is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "song".

A melodious choice big in the 60s, Melody is now starting to pick up tempo again. It cracked the Top 100 for the first time ever in 2024. Melody is also the name of Ariel's equally curious and more tomboyish daughter in The Little Mermaid sequel. Read more about Melody and other Disney Princess Names in our featured blog.

Melody Rank in US Top 1000

# 91 in the US

Melody Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 555 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Melody

• 91 US 2024
• 555 Nameberry 2025
• 186 Canada 2023
• 95 Future 2028
• 237 England 2023
• 280 Germany 2016
• 354 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Melody

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Melody.

• Amber
• Jasmine
• Ariel
• Serenity
• April
• Harmony
• Dawn
• Belle
• Paris
• Hope
• Scarlet
• Heather
• Summer
• Destiny
• Jade
• Sasha
• Crystal
• Faith
• Selena
• Bella

Famous People Named Melody

• Melody Gardot American singer
• Melody Anderson Canadian actress
• Melody Thornton singer of American group The Pussycat Dolls
• Melody C. Barnes Director of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council
• Melody Cooper New Zealand field hockey player
• Melody Lacayanga American dancer
• Melody Perkins German,American actress
• Melody Ann Thomas Scott American actress
• Melody Ishihara Japanese singer
• Melody stage name of Melodía Ruiz Gutiérrez, Spanish singer
• Melody stage name of Nathalie Lefebvre, Belgian singer
• Melody stage name of Gabriella Abreu Severino, Brazilian singer
• Melody Van Zant daughter of singer Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Melody Lane Ward daughter of actor Burt Ward
• Melody Rain Covino (b. 2009) daughter of TV personality Layla Kayleigh and Steve Covino
• Melody Rose Sterling (b. 2012) daughter of footballer Raheem Sterling
• Lily Rose Melody Depp, daughter of actor Johnny Depp
• Skyler Melody Wexler American actress

The name Melody in Pop Culture

• Melody Ellison American Girl character
• Melody daughter of Ariel in Disney's "The Little Mermaid 2"
• Melody Plumb character in novel "The Nest"
• Melody Pond aka River Song character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Melody Brooks main character in "Out of My Mind" by Sharon Draper
• Melody Carver character in the "Monster High" series by Lisi Harrison
• Melody main character in the Bumped series by Megan McCafferty, twin sister of Harmony
• Melody Goldblatt character in "The Popularity Papers" by Amy Ignatow
• Melody Bledsoe character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
• Melody Babcock character on Canadian parody soap "Le coeur a ses raisons"
• Melody Jones character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
• Melody "Mellie" Grant character on TV's "Scandal"
• Melody character in Japanese horror movie "House"
• Melody Angel aka Magnolia Jones character on TV's "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"
• Melody Bostic character in comedy movie "Easy A"
• Melody Pianissima a ghost in the video game Luigi's Mansion
• Melody Prower character from the Sonic the Hedgehog comics
• Melody Valentine character in the Josie and the Pussycats series
• Melody Piper daughter of the Pied Piper in the Ever After High series