Melles as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Melles

What is the meaning of the name Melles ?

The baby name Melles is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈmɛlɛs/ (MEL-es),/ˈmɛlz/ (MELZ),/məˈlɛs/ (muh-LESS).

Melles is Amharic, Dutch in Origin.

Melles is a rare given name and surname with several plausible roots. As a Continental European surname, it can be toponymic “from Melles,” referencing the commune in Haute-Garonne, France; in Dutch/Frisian contexts it may be a patronymic or diminutive built on Mel‑ names (Amelia, Melanie, Melvin). Another line connects it to the Greek meli “honey,” via Melissa and the Turkish Melis, yielding the evocative meanings “honey” and “bee,” or “sweet.” In English records, related forms such as Mellis and Mells appear from the late medieval period.

As a given name, Melles is modern and unisex, sometimes encountered as a Latin-script variant of the Ethiopian male name Meles (notably borne by statesman Meles Zenawi). Variants and cognates include Meles, Melis, Mellis, Melle, and Mells; short forms include Mel and Mellie. Depending on origin, meanings range from “honey; bee” to “from Melles” or “descendant of Mel‑.”

⚙ Melles is vanishingly rare. We hold just 8 recorded uses of it, from 5 countries.