Melamed is a Hebrew surname. It translates to "teacher" from the Hebrew language and came into different languages in different spellings.
Some variants of the spelling should not be confused with "Malamute" or "Malemute".
Those with the surname include:
Abraham Melamed, former member of Knesset from National Religious Party
Douglas Melamed, one of the founding fathers of law & economics
Fred Melamed, U.S actor and writer
Guy Melamed, an Israeli soccer defender
Leo Melamed, a former chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and a longtime executive in the field of global derivatives
Rabbi Meir Melamed, financier to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain in the house of Arbarbanel during the Jewish Inquisition in 1492.
S. M. Melamed, author of the "Yiddish Stage"
Vince Melamed, an American keyboardist and songwriter
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed, the rosh yeshiva of the Beit El yeshiva in Beit El
