Maelina

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maelina by the numbers

Maelina was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Maelina

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maelina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
  • Malinaraspberry or small strong warrior133 in the US (2017)
  • Madelinawoman from magdala; a form of Madeline15 in the US (2017)
  • Maelin15 in the US (2017)
  • Marlina5 in the US (2017)
  • Maelia3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Maelina

Names that are said the same way as Maelina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Maelina

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