Melayna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Melayna by the numbers
Melayna was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Melayna
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 Melayna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Melayna
Names that are said the same way as Melayna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Melenadark, black; a form of helen or melania12 in the US (2017)
- Meleenahoney; a form of Melina8 in the US (2017)
- Melinnahoney; a form of Melina8 in the US (2017)
- Mellinahoney; a form of melissa7 in the US (2017)
- Melona14 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Melayna
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