Mel

Means "honey" in Catalan and Portuguese.

As a Portuguese name, it is only used in Brazil since Mel is approved as a masculine name in Portugal, possibly in reference to the name Mélvin, which is the approved Portuguese form of Melvin.

In Spanish, used as a diminutive of Manuel.

Acronym of the surnames of Маркс (Marx), Энгельс (Engels) and Ленин (Lenin), which refer to Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924). This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.