Melynda

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Melynda by the numbers

Its American peak was 100 babies in 1973, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Melynda

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

  • Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)
  • Melyna9 in the US (2017)
  • Malynda6 in the US (2017)
  • Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
  • Melaniadark, black283 in the US (2017)
  • Malindapretty or beautiful; form of Melinda59 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Melynda

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