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What does Melinda mean?
Melinda 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced ma-LIN-dah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Melinda is "sweet". Modern name coined in the 18th century from the word "melitus".
ASSOCIATED WITH sweet (beautiful), modern, 18th century
Variations
VARIANTS Linda▼, Lindy▼, Linnie▼, Lynda▼, Maillie, Malina, Malinda▼, Malinde, Mallie▼, Mally, Malynda, Mandy▼, Melina▲, Melinde, Meline, Mellinda, Melynda
SEE ALSO Mindy
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Melinda Kiley (M.K.), ..
How popular is Melinda?
Melinda is a very popular first name for females (#223 out of 4276, Top 5%) but a unique last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Melinda reached its apex rank of #91 in the U.S. in the 1970s, and is at #1783 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Melinda (#1783 VIA LATEST LIST) ranked in the Top 2000 are Linda (#726), Lindy, Linnie, Lynda, Malina (#1644), Malinda, Mallie, Mandy, Melina (#630), Melynda and Mindy. Adoption of these forms of Melinda was well-received in the 1940s (AVERAGE #1229) and has become much reduced since (#1731, DOWN 98%), with versions like Melinda becoming less in vogue. Melina is the most contemporarily stylish name for newborns in this list.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Adelinda, Alinda, Amelinda, Arlinda, Belenda, Belinda▼, Belindra (see Belinda), Bellinda, Belynda, Calinda, Celida, Celina, Celinda, Celinde, Celinka, Celinna, Colinda, Delina, Delinda, Deolinda, Derinda, Elinda, Erlinda, Felina, Glinda, Jelina, Jolinda, Kalinda, Marinda, Medina, Melaina, Melana, Melania▲, Melantha, Melia, Melicia, Melida, Meliora, Melisa▼, Melisanda, Melisha, Melissa▼, Melita, Melitia, Melitta, Meliza, Mellina, Melvina▼, Meranda▼, Merlina, Minda, Nelida, Odelinda, Olinda, Salinda, Selina, Selinda, Selinde, Velinda, Yalinda, Zelina and Zerlinda. These names tend to be less commonly used than Melinda.
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