Comments for MELCHIOR:

The Swedish form is Melker, and this name is rather popular in Sweden now.

-- Ylva  6/26/2005

This upon me can be argued whether the second part of the name stands namely for 'city'. What about the first part 'melchi' - מלכי then it makes mainly no doubt, for such a root M-L-K(H) is common for the majority of Semitic languages. Still the thing is that the second can be also interpreted as אור - 'or' which literally means light. Hebrew word for 'king' is 'melech'/'melekh' - מלך, and 'my king' is formed by adding '-i' ending to the main word (melech). Thus, 'melchi'/'melkhi' + 'or' = melchior = מלכיאור = 'my king is light'.

-- Levi  6/12/2006

A famous (sort of) bearer of this name is the character of Melchior Gabor from the play/musical, Spring Awakening. Originally written by Frank Wedekind, but has more recently been adapted into a musical by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater.

-- lavieboheme1993  4/11/2007

Melchior was a swordsmith and the Guru of Life in the game Chrono Trigger.

-- eirian_artanis  8/12/2008

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