Entry № 6744 · Other origin

Melika Melika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ meh-LEE-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Queen"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "queen".

Melika is from the Persian ملیکا (Melīkā — queen, sovereign) — from Arabic malika (queen) — feminine of malik (king). Melika is one of the Persian + Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Persian + Muslim heritage. Persian feminine name reflecting Persian-Arabic royalty heritage.

Queen (Persian / Arabic).

The name in its native script.

ملیکا
Transliteration
Melīkā
Pronunciation
/ mɛˈliː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Melika stands.

Melika does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Melikas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bilqis / Queen of Sheba
Legendary Yemeni-Ethiopian queen + visited King Solomon ~10th c. BCE + 1 Kings 10 + Quran 27:22-44 Surah An-Naml.
Tanakh + Quran

Names connected to Melika.

The number behind Melika.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Melika reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.