Mel (given name)

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Mel can be the abbreviated version of the given names: Melvin, Melanie, Melinda, Melissa or Melville. It is also a standalone name from the Gaelic Maol, meaning "follower of Jesus."

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[edit] Real people named Mel

People with this name include:

  • Mel B (born 1975), alias for singer Melanie Brown (formerly "Scary Spice" of the Spice Girls)
  • Mel Blanc (1908–1989), American voice actor
  • Mel Brooks (born 1928), American comedy filmmaker, writer and actor
  • Mel C (born 1974), alias for singer Melanie Chisholm (formerly "Sporty Spice" of the Spice Girls)
  • Mel Gibson (born 1956), American/Australian film actor
  • Mel Kaye, the archetypical "real programmer" lionized in "The Story of Mel"
  • Mel Lastman (born 1933), Canadian businessman and politician
  • Mel Ott (1909–1958), New York Giants outfielder
  • Mel Peachey (born 1980), British television personality and host of PlayMania
  • Mel Tillis (born 1932), American Country singer
  • Mel Tormé (1925-1999), American jazz singer, composer, arranger, and drummer
  • Mel Smith (born 1956), British actor, writer and director
  • Mel Winfield (born 1927), Canadian autodidact and inventor
  • Saint Mel (died 488), early Irish missionary and founder of the diocese of Ardagh

[edit] Fictional characters named Mel

  • Mel, a character on the children's television program Sesame Street, who appears primarily in the Monsters' Clubhouse segments
  • Mel Burton, a character on the soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Melanie Bush, a character on the television series Doctor Who
  • Dr. Melinda Karnofsky, the second ex-wife of Niles Crane on the television comedy Frasier
  • Melanie Owen, a character on the soap opera Eastenders
  • Mel Sharples, owner and cook of Mel's Diner on the sitcom Alice
  • Sideshow Mel, a character on the cartoon show The Simpsons
  • Mel, a character on the cartoon show Di-Gata Defenders
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