Melayna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-nuh
- Origin
- Modern
Melayna is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Melayna come from?
Modern: modern variant, perhaps of Melina or Melana
Is Melayna a girl's or a boy's name?
Melayna is a girls' name.
How popular is Melayna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Melayna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melayna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Melayna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Amira, Zariah, Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Jayla, Makayla, Mckenna, Jaliyah, Samira, Zayla, Malaya
Names related to Melayna
Melanie, Melany, Milana, Melani, Maelyn, Melania, Malena, Malayna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Melayna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melayna, updated 20 October 2026.