Meletius or Meletios () is a given name of Greek origin: μελέτη ('care', 'attention') + -ιος, a suffix of relation, i.e., meaning "caring", "attentive". Notable people with the name include:

Patriarchs of Alexandria

Meletius I of Alexandria Meletius I of Constantinople (; 1549 – 12 September 1601) served as patriarch of Alexandria between 1590 and 1601. Simultaneously from 1597 to 1598 he served also as locum tenens of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. He is honoured as ...

(1549–1601), Saint and Patriarch from 1590 to 1601 (same as Meletius I of Constantinople) *

Meletius II of Alexandria Meletius IV of Constantinople (; secular name ''Emmanuel Metaxakis'', ; 21 September 1871 – 28 July 1935), was primate of the Church of Greece from 1918 to 1920 as Meletius III, after which he was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Mel ...

(before 1750 – 1780), Patriarch from 1926 to 1935 (same as Meletius IV of Constantinople)

Patriarchs of Constantinople

(1549–1601), Saint and locum tenens of Constantinople (1597–1598) (Same as Meletius I of Alexandria) *

Meletius II of Constantinople Meletius II of Constantinople (; died 5 January 1780) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1768–1769. He was born in Tenedos. From 1750 until 1768, he served as metropolitan bishop of Larissa and then was electe ...

(before 1750 – 1780), patriarch in 1769 *

Meletius III of Constantinople Meletius III of Constantinople (; 1772 - 28 November 1845) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 18 April 1845 until his death several months later on 28 November. He was born at the island of Kea The kea ( ; ; ''Nestor n ...

(1772–1845), patriarch in 1845 *

Meletius IV of Constantinople Meletius IV of Constantinople (; secular name ''Emmanuel Metaxakis'', ; 21 September 1871 – 28 July 1935), was primate of the Church of Greece from 1918 to 1920 as Meletius III, after which he was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Mel ...

(1871–1935), patriarch 1921–1923 (same as Meletius II of Alexandria)

Other people

Melitius of Lycopolis Melitius or Meletius (died 327) was bishop of Lycopolis in Egypt. He is known mainly as the founder and namesake of the Melitians (c. 305), one of several schismatic sects in early church history which were concerned about the ease with which lap ...

(before 327)), bishop and founder of the Melitians *

Meletius of Antioch Meletius of Antioch (Greek: Μελέτιος, ''Meletios'') was a Christian patriarch of Antioch from 360 until his death in 381. He was opposed by a rival bishop named Paulinus II of Antioch and his episcopate was dominated by the schism, usu ...

(before c. 357381), Saint and Patriarch from 360 to 381 *

Meletios the Younger Meletios the Younger (c. 1035 – c. 1105), also called Meletios of Myoupolis, was a Byzantine Greek monk, pilgrim and priest. He is venerated as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy and his feast is celebrated on 1 September. ...

(c. 1035 – c. 1105), monk and pilgrim * Meletius II of Antioch (1837–1906), Patriarch from 1899 to 1906 * Meletius of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1731 to 1737 *

Meletius Smotrytsky Meletius Smotrytsky (; ; – 17 or 27 December 1633), Archbishop of Polotsk (Metropolitan of Kyiv), was a writer, a religious and pedagogical activist of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and a Ruthenian linguist whose works influenc ...

(c. 15771633), Archbishop and proposed saint * Meletios Kalamaras (1933–2012), late Metropolitan of Nicopolis & Preveza {{given name category:Greek masculine given names