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Melba
Say it: MEL-buh
Meaning
From the stage name of Australian soprano Nellie Melba, who took it from her home city of Melbourne.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given in honour of the singer in the US from the 1890s to the 1940s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 34,897 babies given this name since 1893
- At its height in 1924, about 1 in 1,300 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Melba Moore, American singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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