Melody (given name)
Melody is a modern English feminine given name taken from the vocabulary word melody, which is ultimately derived from the Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting").
Popularity
The name has been among the top one thousand names for girls in the United States since 1942 and was the 103rd most popular name for American girls in 2023. It has been increasing in popularity in the English-speaking world in recent years. It has been among the top five hundred names for girls in England and Wales since 2003 and among the top three hundred names since 2010. It has also been well used in France and the Netherlands.Variants in use include the French Mélodie and Mélody and English spelling variants Mellody, Melodee, Melodey, Melodi, Melodie, and Melodii.
Notable people
Given name
- Melody Anderson, Canadian-American actress and social worker
- Melody Barnes, American lawyer and political advisor
- Melody Beattie, American self-help author
- Melody Brown, American musician; member of the classical piano ensemble The 5 Browns
- Melody Carlson, American author
- Melody Chan, American mathematician and violinist
- Melody Cooper, New Zealand field hockey player
- Melody Currey, American politician
- Melody Davidson, Canadian ice hockey coach
- Melody Diachun, Canadian singer, songwriter, and recording artist
- Melody Ding, Australian associate professor, scientist, and medical researcher
- Melody Ehsani, American fashion designer
- Melody Eötvös, Australian composer of classical music
- Melody Fairchild, American long distance runner
- Melody Falcó, Mexican professional tennis player
- Melody Francis, Australian professional squash player
- Melody Gardot, American musician
- Melody Gersbach, Filipino-German model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Melody Gilbert, American independent documentary filmmaker, and educator
- Melody Goodman, American biostatistician
- Melody Green, American wife of Christian musician Keith Green
- Melody Gudzowaty, Dominican-Spanish model and beauty pageant contestant
- Melody Harris-Jensbach, Korean-American business executive
- Melody Hernandez (gymnast), Australian artistic gymnast
- Melody Hernandez (politician), American politician
- Melody Horrill, British-Australian journalist and author
- Melody Hossaini, Iranian-born Swedish social entrepreneur, professional speaker, and personal development trainer- and coach
- Melody J. Stewart, American lawyer and judge
- Mélody Johner, Swiss equestrian
- Mélody Julien, French long-distance runner
- Melody Kay, American actress
- Melody Klaver, Dutch actress
- Melody Lacayanga, American contestant on So You Think You Can Dance
- Melody Le Moal, French contestant on Dancing on Ice
- Melody Licious, American heavy metal bass guitarist, newspaper writer, music show co-host, and bar co-owner
- Melody McCray-Miller, American politician
- Melody Mennite, American professional ballet dancer
- Melody Miller, American political staffer
- Melody Millicent Danquah, Ghanaian pilot
- Melody Moezzi, Iranian-American writer and attorney
- Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Indonesian member of girl group JKT48
- Melody Oliveria, American video blog contributor
- Melody Patterson, American actress and singer
- Melody Perkins, American actress, model, and dancer
- Melody Pool, Australian country-folk musician
- Melody Prochet, French musician
- Melody Rose, American academic administrator
- Melody Sucharewicz, German-born Israeli TV show winner, and former foreign affairs adviser and spokesperson
- Melody Swartz, American professor and vice dean
- Melody Sze, American mezzo-soprano singer, voice teacher, and singing coach
- Melody Tan, Malaysian singer
- Melody Teo, Singaporean netball player
- Melody Thomas Scott, American actress
- Melody Thornton, American singer and television personality; past member of the girl group and dance ensemble The Pussycat Dolls
- Melody Trolly, Canadian candidate in the Family Coalition Party of Ontario candidates in the 2003 Ontario provincial election
- Melody Yeung (bowler), Hong Kong ten-pin bowler
Surname
- Tony Melody, English actor
Stage name
- Melody (Belgian singer), Belgian singer
- Melody (Brazilian singer), Brazilian singer
- Melody (actress), Burmese actress
- Melody (Japanese singer), Japanese singer
- Melody (Spanish singer), Spanish singer
Fictional characters
- Melodie the Music Fairy, in the book franchise Rainbow Magic
- Melody, in the 2015 puzzle video game Angry Birds 2
- Melody, in the manga series Hunter × Hunter, voiced by Tarako Isono and Miina Tominaga ; Dorothy Elias-Fahn
- Melody, in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Lyanne Compton
- Melody, in the US animated TV series My Little Pony Tales, voiced by Kelly Sheridan
- Melody Bell, in the UK medical soap opera Doctors, played by Elizabeth Bower
- Melody Jones, in the Australian TV soap opera Home and Away, played by Celeste Dodwell
- Melody Jones, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Robyn Arthur
- Melody Locus, in the US animated science fiction superhero comedy TV series My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Melody Longford, in the UK soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Sandy Hendrickse
- Melody-Melody, in the 1994 Peanuts special You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown, voiced by Crystal Kuns
- Melody Mouse, in the Mickey Mouse universe
- Melody Pendras, in the US supernatural horror Netflix TV series Archive 81 and in the podcast on which it is based, played by Dina Shihabi
- Melody Pianissima, a character in the 2001 video game Luigi's Mansion
- Melody Piper, in the fashion doll franchise Ever After High, voiced by Laura Bailey
- Melody Pond, aka River Song, in the UK science fiction TV series Doctor Who, played by Alex Kingston, Harrison and Maddison Mortimer, Sydney Wade, Maya Glace-Green, and Nina Toussaint-White
- Melody Robbins, in the New Zealand sitcom Melody Rules, played by Belinda Todd
- Melody Valentine, in the Josie and the Pussycats franchise, voiced by Jackie Joseph and Cheryl Ladd
- My Melody, in the Sanrio franchise
- Princess Melody, in the Walt Disney 2000 animated musical fantasy adventure film The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, voiced by Tara Strong
- Melody Brooks, a character in the book and 2024 film Out of My Mind.