Girl name origins & meanings
- Greek : Yellow as canary
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.