Melina
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning honey; form of Melissa or Melina.
How Melina has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #594 |
| 2016 | #613 |
| 2017 | #617 |
| 2018 | #633 |
| 2019 | #618 |
| 2020 | #648 |
| 2021 | #631 |
| 2022 | #639 |
| 2023 | #654 |
| 2024 | #633 |
| 2025 | #660 |
Melina by the numbers
In 2025, 51 babies in England and Wales were named Melina. In the US, 486 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 681 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Melissa
Like Melina, each of these traces back to Melissa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Melyssahoney bee; a modern spelling of Melissa18 in the US (2017)
- Millihoney bee; diminutive of Melissa or Millicent3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lissabee; a form of Melissa14 in the US (2017)
- Lissethbee; a form of Melissa14 in the US (2017)
- Melliehoney; a form of Melissa12 in the US (2017)
- Melihoney; a form of Melissa or Melina3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melizavariant of Melissa; honey bee5 in the US (2017)
- Mellisahoney bee; variant spelling of Melissa3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malinaraspberry or small strong warrior133 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)
- Medinathe city; refers to the islamic holy city39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melainablack, dark17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Melina
Names that are said the same way as Melina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Melanadark or black; a form of Melanie13 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)
Other names that mean a bee
Like Melina, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
- Deborahbee68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Honeysweet substance made by bees253 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 in the US (2017)
- Devorahbee; Hebrew spelling of Deborah108 in the US (2017)
- Deborabee; a form of Deborah97 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Melina
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