What's in a name? Well, every name has a meaning, and they supposedly influence the so named. **********
Melanie : Melanie is used in English, Dutch, and German. It stems from a Greek word Jayne : Jayne is used in the English language. It's source is Yochana, a Hebrew name **********
Melanie : Melanie is used in English, Dutch, and German. It stems from a Greek word Janine : Janine is used in the French and English language. It is a form of Jane, **********
Emma : Emma is used in German, Dutch, English, Italian, French, Spanish and Polish. It stems Lee : Lee is used in the English language. It's source is an Old English expression meaning "Meadow". **********
Victoria : Victoria is used in English, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. It comes from a Latin expression meaning Caroline : Caroline is used in Dutch, English, and French. It's source is an ancient Germanic word meaning "Freeholder".
Does this apply to the Spice Girls? Let's look. . .
Melanie Jayne Chisholm
meaning "Dark-Complected" or "Black". The name Melanie was 188th in popularity in the 1990 US Census.
meaning "God's Grace". The name Jayne/Jane was 77th in popularity in the 1990 US Census.
Melanie Janine Brown
meaning "Dark-Complected" or "Black". The name Melanie was 188th in popularity in the 1990 US Census.
which means "God's Grace". Janine was 600th in popularity in the 1990 US Census.
Emma Lee Bunton
from Irmen, which means "Universal". The name Emma was 134th in popularity in the 1990 US Census.
The name Lee was 341st in popularity in the 1990 US Census.
Victoria Caroline Addams
"Victory". The name Victoria was 116th in popularity in the 1990 US Census.
The name Caroline was 248th in popularity in the 1990 US Census.