What does Mele mean in Hawaiian?
Mele is a Hawaiian girl name that means song, poem, chant. The name comes from mele (song). It is pronounced MEH-leh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Mele belongs with other Hawaiian names about music.
The words inside Mele
mele means song, chant, poem.
How to pronounce Mele
Say every vowel. The vowels in Mele are e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Mele a boy or girl name?
Mele is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 903 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Mele is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 903 U.S. babies named Mele from 1955 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 55 of those 69 years. Its peak was 1991, with 33. The 2014 to 2023 total of 180 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 65 babies born in the state were named Mele from 1976 to 2021, with a peak of 8 in 2007. No year after 2008 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Mele?
Mele has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.