Mel

A diminutive of the male given names Melchior, Melchor, Melech, Melfyn, Melhem, Melindro, Meliton, Melville, Melvin, or Melvyn.

Proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Melchior, Melchor, Melech, Melfyn, Melhem, Melindro, Meliton, Melville, Melvin, or Melvyn.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Amelia, Carmel, Melania, Melanie, Melantha, Melanthe, Melika, Melike, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melita, Melitta, or Melody.

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A surname.

Proper noun Entry 3

  1. A language family, a branch of Atlantic-Congo, spoken from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia.

Proper noun Entry 4

  1. A variety of the Mel-Khaonh language, a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.

Proper noun Entry 5

  1. A frazione and former comune of Belluno, Veneto, Italy.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian and Venetan Mel.