Melendez
title: "Melendez" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spanish-surnames-of-germanic-origin", "spanish-patronymic-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melendez" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Melendez is the American spelling of the Spanish-Asturleonese surname Meléndez (var. Menéndez), common in the United States Puerto Rican community. Melendez is also the surname of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans, given that Philippines was once a Spanish Commonwealth and later a US Commonwealth. The name means "son of Melendo" or "son of Menendo", it is related to the Visigothic name Hermenegild. It may refer to:
- Andre Melendez (1971-1998), nicknamed "Angel", a Club Kid and purported drug dealer murdered by Michael Alig and Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs
- Benjamin Melendez, American gang member
- Bill Melendez, Mexican-born American animator
- Fausto Melendez, Filipino-American Chicago, IL postal worker who came up with the idea of the US postal ZIP Code.
- Gilbert Melendez, American MMA fighter
- John Melendez, American writer and radio personality
- Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon, American prison rights activist
- Lisette Melendez, American pop singer
- Mervyl Melendez, American college baseball coach
- MJ Melendez, American baseball player
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