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Melancholy

By Sangeetha Sivaguru Senior Content Specialist
Updated: Jul 29, 2024 | 👁️ 12 Views | 🔊 7 Pronunciations
✔️ Fact Checked by Sivaguru Ayyadurai (Chief Content Creator)

Gender: Unisex

Origin: English

Meaning: Feeling of sadness or depression

Pronunciation: muh-LAN-kuh-lee, /ˈmɛlənkəli/, M EH L AH N K AA L IY

Popularity Rank: #431,099

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  • 1. Melancholy Meaning
  • 2. Melancholy Pronunciation Guide
  • 3. Record your pronunciation of Melancholy
  • 4. Translations of Melancholy
  • 5. Melancholy Name Popularity
  • 6. Melancholy Name Poster
  • 7. Names similar to Melancholy

Melancholy Meaning

  • Feeling of sadness or depression
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    sangeetha on July 29, 2024
  • Origin - English
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    sangeetha on July 29, 2024

Originating from the Greek words 'melas' (black) and 'kholē' (bile), it refers to a feeling of sadness, depression or gloominess.

The name Melancholy is of English origin and means Feeling of sadness or depression. It is often used as a Unisex name and is mostly used as a First Name.

Melancholy is found in Egypt, Malaysia, Iraq, and 19 more countries.

Melancholy Pronunciation Guide

Phonetic Pronunciation: muh-LAN-kuh-lee

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet): /ˈmɛlənkəli/

ARPAbet Phonetic Pronunciation: M EH L AH N K AA L IY

M: Pronounce as in "man" (M AE N)

EH: Pronounce as in "red" (R EH D)

L: Pronounce as in "let" (L EH T)

AH: Pronounce as in "but" (B AH T)

N: Pronounce as in "no" (N OW)

K: Pronounce as in "cat" (K AE T)

AA: Pronounce as in "father" (AA F TH ER)

L: Pronounce as in "let" (L EH T)

IY: Pronounce as in "see" (S IY)

This pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET system, a phonetic notation developed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for speech recognition systems. Each ARPABET symbol corresponds to a distinct sound in English. For example, 'JH' represents the sound as in 'joke,' 'AA' represents the sound as in 'father,' and 'N' represents the sound as in 'no.'

The pronunciation guide was generated using the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, a public domain resource for phonetic pronunciations of words.

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Melancholy Name Popularity

At NamesLook, the name Melancholy is recorded 36 times globally, ranking it as the 431,099th most common name worldwide.

Melancholy is most prevalent in Egypt, with 5 occurrences, making it the 188,903th most popular name in the country.

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