# Melendez

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**Melendez** is the American spelling of the [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language)-[Asturleonese](/source/Asturleonese_language) surname [Meléndez](/source/Mel%C3%A9ndez) (var. [Menéndez](/source/Men%C3%A9ndez_(disambiguation))), common in the United States Puerto Rican community. Melendez is also the surname of Filipinos and Filipino-Americans, given that Philippines was once a Spanish Commonwealth and later a US Commonwealth. The name means "son of Melendo" or "son of Menendo", it is related to the Visigothic name [Hermenegild](/source/Hermenegild).[1] It may refer to:

- [Andre Melendez](/source/Andre_Melendez) (1971-1998), nicknamed "Angel", a Club Kid and purported drug dealer murdered by Michael Alig and Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs
- [Benjamin Melendez](/source/Benjamin_Melendez), American gang member
- [Bill Melendez](/source/Bill_Melendez), Mexican-born American animator
- Fausto Melendez, Filipino-American Chicago, IL postal worker who came up with the idea of the US postal [ZIP Code](/source/ZIP_Code).
- [Gilbert Melendez](/source/Gilbert_Melendez), American MMA fighter
- [John Melendez](/source/John_Melendez), American writer and radio personality
- [Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon](/source/Juan_Roberto_Melendez-Colon), American prison rights activist
- [Lisette Melendez](/source/Lisette_Melendez), American pop singer
- [Mervyl Melendez](/source/Mervyl_Melendez), American college baseball coach
- [MJ Melendez](/source/MJ_Melendez), American baseball player

## References

1. ["Estos apellidos frecuentes en España son de origen visigodo o germánico"](https://www.elespanol.com/curiosidades/apellidos-frecuentes-espana-origen-visigodo-germanico/750425125_0.html) (in Spanish). *El Español*. 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2024-05-18.

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