Also used in Poland, where it's pronounced "mel-hyor".
― Anonymous User 11/11/2018
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This name was common among the Schwenkfelder religious community which moved from Silesia to America in the early 18th century. It appears approximately a dozen times in the passenger logs of the ships which brought the immigrants over, and among the first few generations born in America as well.
https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/prenom/4740/Melchior.html
https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchiorre
https://namesfolder.com/french-boy-name/melchior [noted -ed]