Malynda
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Malynda by the numbers
Malynda was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 1979, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Malynda
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 Malynda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malindapretty or beautiful; form of Melinda59 in the US (2017)
- Melynda
- Malinaraspberry or small strong warrior133 in the US (2017)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
- Malenasoft and tender; a form of Magdalena86 in the US (2017)
- Matyldamighty in battle; variant of Matilda17 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Malynda
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