Brave, industrious, or honey bee
Mely is often used as a diminutive of names like Melanie or Melissa, or as a variant of the Germanic name Amalia. It carries connotations of sweetness from the Greek 'mel' (honey) or industriousness from the Germanic 'amal' (work).
Less common today
Mely isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #9,572 in 2012.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Prominent Indonesian sociologist
