Melantha

Melantha is an English name most likely formed as a combination of the Greek element melas, meaning black or dark, and anthos, meaning flower, giving it the overall sense of dark flower. It appears to be a literary or artistic coinage rather than a name inherited from ancient tradition, and it remains quite rare in modern use. Related names drawing on the same Greek roots include Melanie, from melas, and Anthea and Dianthus, from anthos.