"Melanie is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "dark-skinned". It also means dark eyes and hair. Incidentally, melanin is the pigment that gives humans dark skin."

I do not have dark skin (I'm tan, but I'm not no where near being considered dark.. unless I was around some emo/goth/nerd kids.), nor dark eyes, or dark hair. Yay irony! Seriously. My kids are going to have names that mean something really neat. Not something like "dark skin" -_-;.