Melania
Melania is a female given name: 99% of people named Melania are women, and it is recorded as female in 9 of the 9 countries covered.
Melania · Melánia
- Verdict
- Female
- Male / female split
- 1% male / 99% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- Romania, United States, Slovakia
- Also spelled
- Melánia
- US births since 1880
- 0 male / 2,191 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Melania
When you do not know their gender for certain, the full name with no title is the safe choice: "Dear Melania," in English, "Guten Tag Melania," in German. Melania is a female given name: about 99% of people named Melania are women. A quick look at a profile confirms it for certain.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Melania,
German
Guten Tag Melania,
French
Bonjour Melania,
Spanish
Estimado/a Melania:
Chinese
Melania您好：
Japanese
Melania様
English
Hi Melania,
German
Hi Melania,
French
Salut Melania,
Spanish
Hola Melania,
Chinese
Melania你好：
Japanese
Melaniaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | uncommon | woman's name | 2% |
| United States | uncommon | woman's name | 0% |
| Slovakia | uncommon | woman's name | 2% |
| Italy | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Armenia | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Austria | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Switzerland | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Spain | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Greece | rare | woman's name | 2% |
United States birth data
0 male · 2,191 female · 2,191 births recorded
Since 1980: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Melania a male or female name?
Melania is a female given name: 99% of people named Melania are women, and it is recorded as female in 9 of the 9 countries covered.
How do I address Melania in an email?
When you do not know their gender for certain, the full name with no title is the safe choice: "Dear Melania," in English, "Guten Tag Melania," in German. Melania is a female given name: about 99% of people named Melania are women. A quick look at a profile confirms it for certain.
Is Melania a unisex name?
Melania is not a unisex name: 1% of people named Melania are men. Melania leans strongly female overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Melania a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/melania (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_melania,
title = {Is Melania a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/melania},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}