Podmolnik (pronounced [pɔdmɔu̯ˈniːk]) is a settlement in the City Municipality of Ljubljana in central Slovenia.

Molnik Hill, which stands south of the settlement, was attested in written sources in 1421 as Mellnik (and as Mellnikg in 1422 and Melnikh in 1490).

The medieval forms of the name indicate that the hill was originally called *Melnik, which could be derived from the common noun mel 'scree'.

A less likely theory derives the name from an Illyrian substatum word meaning 'mountain, hill'.

[3] Marenček Hill in the middle of the settlement has been identified as a site of an ancient hill fort with artefacts dating to the Iron Age and Roman period.