Melida
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Melida by the numbers
Melida was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1976, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Melida
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 Melida. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melihahandsome graceful elegant feminine form6 in the US (2017)
- Melitahoney; variant of melissa or melita6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Melida
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