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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Yellow as canary

Girl name variations

How Popular Is The Name Melena

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish and Portuguese : probably a nickname from melena, a term denoting a piece of leather placed on the horns of an ox so that the yoke would not harm them, possibly applied to someone in charge of an ox as a draft animal. By extension, melena came to mean ‘mane’ and ‘long hair’, probably applied to someone with long or untidy hair.

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