Mel


Gender:
Origin: English, Gaelic, Greek
422 famous people named Mel found on Wikipedia.
3631 male, 399 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 7909-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 689-th in year 1958
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Melvin.

Mel can be the abbreviated version of the given names Melvyn, Melvin, Melanie, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melody, Melitta, Melchior or Melville. It is also a standalone name from the Gaelic Maol, meaning bald; this was used to refer to tonsured men to mean servant, as in "Maol-Iosa" - Servant of Jesus.

Short form of Melvin, Melanie, Melissa: bad town, black, dark, bee.

Famous People: 422 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Melanie Brown 1975 English singer and actress
2 Mel Brooks 1926 American director, writer, actor, and producer
3 Mel Giedroyc 1968 British comedian and actor
4 Mel Metcalfe 2000 Sound engineer
5 Mel Blanc 1908 Voice actor, comedian
6 Mel Ferrer 1917 American actor, film director and film producer
7 Mel Tormé 1925 American jazz musician
8 Melle Mel 1962 American hip-hop musician and member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
9 Mel McLaughlin 1979 Australian sports reporter
10 Mel Smith 1952 English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor
11 Mel Tillis 1932 Country music singer and musician
12 Mel and Sue 1968
13 Mel Rodriguez 1973 American actor
14 Mel Harris 1956 American actresses
15 Mel Blount 1948 Professional American football player
16 Mel Weinberg 1924
17 Mel Ott 1909 American baseball player
18 Mel Fisher 1922 American treasure hunter
19 Mel Ignatow 1938 American criminal
20 Mel Robbins 1968 American television host
21 Mel Farr 1944 Player of American football
22 Mel Collins 1947 British musician
23 Mel Martin 1947 British actress
24 Mel Allen 1913 American sports announcer
25 Pepe Mel 1963 Spanish footballer and football coach
26 Mel Stottlemyre 1941 American baseball player and coach
27 Mel Daniels 1944 American basketball player and coach
28 Mel Reynolds 1952 American politician
29 Mel Carnahan 1934 Governor of Missouri
30 Melanie Fronckowiak 1988 Actress
31 Mel Schacher 1951 American musician
32 Mel Jackson 1970 American actor
33 Mel Stuart 1928 American film director
34 Mel Gaynor 1959 British musician
35 Mel Tucker 1972 American football coach
36 Mel Renfro 1941 American football player
37 Mel McDaniel 1942 American country music artist
38 Mel Tiangco 1955 Filipino journalist
39 Mel Lastman 1933 62nd Mayor of Toronto
40 Mel Jones 1972 Cricketer
41 Mel Stewart 1929 Actor, director, musician
42 Mel Carter 1939 American singer
43 Mel Karmazin 1943 American executive
44 Mel Charles 1935 Welsh footballer
45 Mel Kiper, Jr. 1960 American football analyst
46 Mel Wallis de Vries 1973 Dutch writer
47 Mel Raido 1977 English actor
48 Mel Hutchins 1928 American basketball player
49 Mel Street 1933 American singer
50 Mel Bush Doctor Who companion
51 Mel Taylor 1933 Drummer
52 Mel Galley 1948 English guitarist
53 Mel Hall 1960 American baseball player
54 Mel Greig 1982 Australian journalist, radio presenter and television personality
55 Mel White 1940 American writer
56 Mel Parnell 1922 Major League Baseball player
57 Mel Burton
58 Mel Lyman 1938 Cult leader
59 Mel Watt 1945 American politician
60 Mel Buttle 1982 Australian comedian
61 Mel Bratton 1965 American football player
62 Mel Hein 1909 American football player and coach
63 Mel Ramos 1935 American artist
64 Mel Winkler 1941 American actor
65 Mel Mermelstein 1926 Hungarian holocaust survivor
66 Mel Hirsch 1921 Professional basketball player
67 Mel Lewis 1929 American musician
68 Mel Counts 1941 Basketball player
69 Mel Powell 1923 American composer
70 Mel Gorham 1959 American actress
71 Mel Stride 1961 British politician
72 Mel Hurtig 1932 Canadian politician
73 Mel Bradford 1934 American politician
74 Peter Mel 1969 American surfer
75 Mel Harder 1909 American baseball player and coach
76 Mel Broughton 1960 British landscape gardner
77 Mel Welles 1924 American film actor
78 Mel Sembler 1930 American diplomat
79 Mel Shandy 1971 Indonesian singer
80 Mel Tolkin 1913 American writer
81 Mel Sterland 1961 English footballer and manager
82 Mel Sharples
83 Mel Bochner 1940 American artist
84 Mel Bay 1913 American musician
85 Mel Hussain 1963 English cricketer
86 Mel Chin 1951 American artist
87 Mel Novak Actor
88 The Story of Mel Computer programmer
89 Mel Lisboa 1982 Brazilian actress
90 Mel Bridgman 1955 Canadian ice hockey player
91 Mel Gibson 1940 American basketball player-coach
92 Mel Rojas 1966 Dominican Republic baseball player
93 Ismael A. Mathay, Jr. 1932 Filipino politician
94 Mel Lopez 1935 Filipino politician
95 Mel King 1928 American politician
96 Mel Damski 1946 Film director, Film producer
97 Mel Pearson 1959 Hockey coach
98 Mel Brandt 1919 American actor
99 Mel Clarke 1982 English Paralympic archer
100 Mel Gray 1948
101 Mel Farr, Jr. 1966 American football player
102 Mel Pritchard 1948 British musician
103 Mel Maia 2004 Brazilian child actress
104 Mel Proctor 1951 American baseball player
105 Mel Haber 1936 American businessman
106 Mel Levine 1943 American politician
107 Mel Sheppard 1883 American athlete
108 Mel Kishida 1983 Japanese illustrator
109 Mel Machin 1945 Footballer
110 Mel Morton
111 Mel Previte 1964
112 Mel Tjeerdsma 1946 American football coach
113 Mel Patton 1924 Athletics competitor
114 Mel Gussow 1933 Theater critic
115 Mel Tappan 1933 Author, Firearms Expert, Survivalist, Newsletter Editor
116 Mel Trotter 1870 American evangelist
117 Mel Kenyon 1933 American racing driver
118 Mel Jersey 1943
119 Mel Purcell 1959 US tennis player
120 Mel Boring 1939 Writer, educator
121 Mel Martinez Filipino actor
122 Mel Thompson 1946 British writer
123 Mel Almada 1913 Baseball player
124 Mel Brown 1944 American jazz musician
125 Mel Lattany 1959 American sprinter
126 Mel Hutchwright
127 Mel Pender 1937 American sprinter
128 Mel Shaw 1914 Animator
129 Mel Croucher 1948 British writer and video game pioneer
130 Mel Goldstein 1945 Meteorologist
131 Mel London 1932 American record label owner
132 Mel Owens 1958 American football player
133 Mel Angelstad 1971 Canadian ice hockey player
134 Mel Bourne 1923 Production designer, Art director
135 Mel Calman 1931 Cartoonist
136 Mel Stottlemyre, Jr. 1963 American baseball player and coach
137 Mel Kaufman 1958 American football player and coach
138 Mel Blyth 1944 English footballer
139 Mel Weitsman 1929 American Zen Buddhust monk
140 Mel Eves 1956 English footballer
141 Mel Edwards 1937 American artist
142 Mel Triplett 1930 American football player
143 Mel Nurse 1937 Welsh footballer
144 Mel Odom 1950 American artist
145 Mel Boozer 1945 American academic and activist
146 Mel Hopkins 1934 Welsh footballer
147 Mel Thomas 1985 American professional women's basketball player
148 Ashantha de Mel 1959 Sri Lankan cricketer
149 Mel Senen Sarmiento 1962 Politician
150 Ronnie de Mel Sri Lankan politician
151 Mel Hancock 1929 American politician
152 Mel Leven 1914 American musician
153 Mel Shapiro American director
154 Mel Rees 1967 Welsh footballer
155 Mel Judah 1947 Australian poker player
156 Mel Showers
157 Mel Tom 1941 American football player
158 Mel Durslag 1921 American sportswriter
159 Mel Cappe 1948 Canadian diplomat
160 Mel Ainscow 1943 Professor of Education at the University of Manchester
161 Mel Arnold
162 Mel Wakabayashi 1943 Canadian ice hockey player
163 Mel Eslyn 1983 Film producer
164 Sideshow Mel The Simpsons character
165 Mel Norton Canadian politician
166 Mel Branch 1937 American football player
167 Mel Johnson, Jr. American actor
168 Mel Elias 1970 Entrepreneur
169 Mel Wasserman 1932 American businessman
170 Mel Lewinter American music industry executive
171 Mel Casas 1929
172 Mel McGaha 1926 American basketball player and manager
173 Mel Pejic 1959 English footballer
174 Mel Courtney 1943 New Zealand politician
175 Mel Mitchell 1979 Player of American football
176 Mel Hunter 1927 American illustrator
177 Mel Watkins 1940 American writer
178 Mel Draisey 1983 British musician
179 Mel Miller 1943 South African comedian
180 Mel Morris
181 Mel Didier 1927 American baseball player, scout manager and executive
182 Mel Wesson 1958 Ambient Music Designer
183 Mel Bennett 1955 American basketball player
184 Mel Long 1946 Player of American football
185 Mel Nowell 1939 American basketball player
186 Mel Clark 1926 American baseball player
187 Mel Hill 1914 Canadian ice hockey player
188 Mel Becket 1929 Player of American and Canadian football
189 Mel Hupfeld 1962 Senior Royal Australian Air Force officer
190 Mel Symons Australian television personality
191 Mel Bampton 1974 Australian radio announcer
192 Mel Scott 1939 English professional footballer
193 Mel Anthony Player of American and Canadian football
194 Mel Homer
195 Mel Pervais American businessman
196 Mel Deane 1975 Irish rugby union player
197 Mel Rojas Jr.
198 Mel Peterson 1938 American basketball player
199 Mel Ponder American politician
200 Mel Taube 1904 American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator