Melich Family History
Melich Name Meaning
Slovak and Czech: from a short form of the personal name Melichar ‘Melchior’. Compare Melick Polish: probably a cognate of 1 above. Germanized form of Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Meylikh: from the male personal name Meylikh derived from Yiddish meylekh ‘king’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022