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What does Malinda mean?
Malinda 
▼ as a girls' name is of Latin origin, and the name Malinda means "sweet". Malinda is an alternate form of Melinda (Latin).
ASSOCIATED WITH sweet (beautiful)
Variations
VARIANTS Melynda, Mellinda, Malynda
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA MELINDA Linda▼, Malina, Malinde, Mandy▼, Melina▲, Melinde, Meline
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Malinda Isha (M.I.), ..
How popular is Malinda?
Malinda is a very popular first name for women (#784 out of 4276, Top 18%) but a rare surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Malinda reached its peak position of #278 in the U.S. in the 1880s, but is not ranked currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Linda (#726 VIA LATEST LIST), Malina (#1644), Mandy, Melina (#630), Melinda (#1783) and Melynda are the prominent related forms of Malinda rated in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Meline, are uncommon. Usage of these forms of Malinda was at its most widespread 78 years ago (MEDIAN #1175) and is now significantly lower (#1540, ▼98.2%), with versions like Mandy becoming less trendy. Melina is the most contemporarily stylish girl name in this list.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Alinda, Amalinda, Arlinda, Barinda, Belinda▼, Calida, Calina, Calinda, Calynda, Carlinda, Celinda, Colinda, Dalina, Darinda, Delinda, Elinda, Emalinda, Erlinda, Galina, Glinda, Halina, Jacinda, Jolinda, Kalina, Kalinda, Kalindi, Kalynda, Lacinda, Larinda, Madina, Mahina, Maida, Majida, Malana, Malena, Malia▲, Malicia, Malika▼, Malisha, Malissa▼, Malita, Malitia, Malitta, Mallina, Maltilda, Malvina▼, Manda▼, Maralinda, Maranda▼, Marianda, Marilda, Marina, Marinda, Marinna, Marlina, Masina, Matilda▼, Mavina, Maxina, Melida, Minda, Olinda, Salina▼, Salinda, Salinde, Selinda, Talina, Valida, Valina, Velinda, Yalinda, Yalonda and Zarinda. These names tend to be less commonly used than Malinda.
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