Melyna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Melyna by the numbers

Melyna was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Melyna

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 Melyna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
  • Melanadark or black; a form of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
  • Melenadark, black; a form of helen or melania12 in the US (2017)
  • Melona14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Melayna12 in the US (2017)
  • Melynda

Sounds like Melyna

Names that are said the same way as Melyna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Melainablack, dark17 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)
  • Meleana6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Melyna

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