Mel (given name)
Mel can be the abbreviated version of the given names Melvyn, Melvin, Melanie, Melina, Melinda, Melissa, Melody, Melitta, Melchior or Melville. It is also a standalone name from the Gaelic Maol, meaning bald; this was used to refer to tonsured men to mean servant, as in "Maol-Iosa" - Servant of Jesus.
People
People with this name include:
- Mel B (born 1975), English singer, former member of the Spice Girls
- Mel Blanc (1908–89), American voice actor
- Mel Brooks (born 1928), American comedy filmmaker, writer and actor
- Mel C (born 1974), English singer, former member of the Spice Girls
- Mel Gibson (born 1956), American-Australian film actor
- Mel Harris (born 1956), American actress
- Mel Kaye, archetypical "real programmer" in programming folklore
- Mel Lastman (born 1933), Canadian businessman and politician
- Mel Lisboa (born 1982), Brazilian actress
- Mel Martin (born 1947), British actress
- Mel McDaniel (born 1942), American country music artist
- Mel Ott (1909–58), American baseball player
- Mel Peachey (born 1980), British television host
- Mel Rosen (born 1928), American track coach
- Mel Smith (1952-2013), British actor, writer and director
- Mel Tiangco (born 1955), Filipino journalist, host, news caster
- Mel Tillis (born 1932), American country singer
- Mel Tormé (1925–99), American jazz singer, composer, arranger, and drummer
- Mel Whinnen (born 1942), former Australian rules footballer
- Mel White (born 1940), American clergyman and author
- Saint Mel (died 488), early Irish missionary and founder of the diocese of Ardagh
Fictional characters
- Mel, a character on the children's television program Sesame Street
- Mel Burton, a character on the soap opera Hollyoaks
- Mel, a character on the television series Doctor Who
- Dr. Melinda Karnofsky, a character 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
- Mel, a character on the cartoon show Di-Gata Defenders
- Mel, a character in the computer game The Even More Incredible Machine
- Mel, a character on the television series Flight of The Conchords
- Sideshow Mel, a character on the cartoon show The Simpsons