Melania

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title: "Melania" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["feminine-given-names", "given-names-of-greek-language-origin", "greek-feminine-given-names", "italian-feminine-given-names", "spanish-feminine-given-names", "portuguese-feminine-given-names", "russian-feminine-given-names", "ukrainian-feminine-given-names", "polish-feminine-given-names", "romanian-feminine-given-names", "bulgarian-feminine-given-names", "slovene-feminine-given-names", "serbian-feminine-given-names", "croatian-feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/italy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Melania is a feminine given name that derives from the Greek word, feminine μέλαινα (Melania) meaning "black, dark".

People named Melania include:

Melania the Elder (350–410), a Christian saint and an influential figure in the ascetic movement
Melania the Younger (383–439), a Christian saint who lived during the reign of Emperor Flavius Augustus Honorius
Melania Albea (born 1980), Swiss figure skater
Melania Alvarez, Mexican mathematics educator in Canada
Melania "Melani" Costa (born 1989), Spanish swimmer
Melania Cristescu, Romanian–Canadian biologist
Melania Gabbiadini (born 1983), Italian former footballer
Melania Grego (born 1973), Italian former water polo player
Melania Hotu (born 1959), provincial governor of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Melania Mazzucco (born 1966), Italian author
Melania Rodríguez (born 2001), Spanish trampolinist
Melania Tartabull (born 1955), Cuban volleyball player
Melania Trump (born 1970), Slovene–American model and First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025
- Melania, a documentary film about the 20 days before her husband Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration.
Melania Ursu (1940–2016), Romanian stage and film actress

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