Mellie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛli/
• Rhymes: -ɛli

Proper noun

Mellie

1. A diminutive of the female given name Melanie
   • 2011, Geri Bennett, Drinking Saké All Alone, page 134:

     “Isn't their daughter named Melanie?”
     “Mellie, for short,” Ken confirmed.

   • 2020, Tom Kizzia, The Wake of the Unseen Object, page 116:

     “When I married him he was forty,” said Mellie, “and he owned a sleeping bag, a rifle, and a suitcase with a change of clothes.”

2. A diminutive of the female given name Melinda
   • 2017, Sara Sandoval, La Quinceañera, page 23:

     I met Melinda, Mellie, while we were both attending Sonoma State University.

3. A diminutive of the female given name Melissa
   • 1867, Caroline Fairfield Corbin, A Woman's Secret, page 162:

     After dinner she went directly to Melissa.
     “Mellie,” she said, “do you know, I've good reason for thinking this woman you've got is no better than she ought to be. Think of that, and you sick, and Abraham exposed to temptation.”