Melinda
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning honey; a blend of Melissa and Belinda.
Melinda by the numbers
Melinda was given to 128 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 4,225 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Melissa
Like Melinda, 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.
- Melisabee; a spelling variant of Melissa47 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Melinda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a bee
Like Melinda, 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 Melinda
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