Melina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- me-LEE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #741 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #660 for girls
Melina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “possibly honey”. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 660th for girls in the US (434 babies).
What does Melina mean?
Greek: probably from meli, honey
“possibly honey”
Probably from Greek meli, honey; borne by the Greek actress and politician Melina Mercouri.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Melina a girl's or a boy's name?
Melina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the UK and 434 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 741st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Melina, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 59 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 719th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Melina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #741 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 55 | #710 |
| 2022 | 59 | #689 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 54 | #745 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 40 | #978 |
| 2017 | 43 | #947 |
| 2016 | 37 | #1,037 |
| 2015 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Melina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 434 about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 434 girls in the US were named Melina, making it the 660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 648th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 681 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had fewer girls named Melina than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Melina in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 445 girls in the US were given Melina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #649, up from #660 for this spelling alone.
Melina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 434 | #660 |
| 2024 | 469 | #630 |
| 2023 | 448 | #656 |
| 2022 | 460 | #641 |
| 2021 | 468 | #632 |
| 2020 | 445 | #648 |
| 2019 | 486 | #619 |
| 2018 | 471 | #633 |
| 2017 | 486 | #617 |
| 2016 | 490 | #612 |
| 2015 | 502 | #594 |
| 2014 | 496 | #594 |
| 2013 | 482 | #589 |
| 2012 | 440 | #644 |
| 2011 | 500 | #579 |
| 2010 | 593 | #503 |
| 2009 | 681 | #456 |
| 2008 | 598 | #517 |
| 2007 | 674 | #478 |
| 2006 | 536 | #549 |
| 2005 | 511 | #563 |
| 2004 | 434 | #627 |
| 2003 | 441 | #609 |
| 2002 | 489 | #555 |
| 2001 | 569 | #490 |
| 2000 | 480 | #542 |
| 1999 | 425 | #583 |
| 1998 | 270 | #793 |
| 1997 | 258 | #804 |
| 1996 | 288 | #730 |
| 1995 | 328 | #654 |
| 1994 | 292 | #712 |
| 1993 | 354 | #633 |
| 1992 | 292 | #726 |
| 1991 | 344 | #643 |
| 1990 | 238 | #821 |
| 1989 | 143 | #1,146 |
| 1988 | 127 | #1,186 |
| 1987 | 118 | #1,216 |
| 1986 | 140 | #1,072 |
| 1985 | 182 | #880 |
| 1984 | 169 | #887 |
| 1983 | 192 | #809 |
| 1982 | 200 | #804 |
| 1981 | 179 | #866 |
| 1980 | 184 | #845 |
| 1979 | 164 | #905 |
| 1978 | 134 | #1,014 |
| 1977 | 143 | #965 |
| 1976 | 148 | #891 |
| 1975 | 101 | #1,145 |
| 1974 | 79 | #1,334 |
| 1973 | 71 | #1,388 |
| 1972 | 86 | #1,226 |
| 1971 | 103 | #1,133 |
| 1970 | 75 | #1,389 |
| 1969 | 86 | #1,201 |
| 1968 | 89 | #1,133 |
| 1967 | 106 | #990 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1965 | 72 | #1,263 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,747 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,737 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,476 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Nicknames for Melina
Names like Melina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Fatima, Elena, Myla, Sophia, Lara, Lyra, Mila, Selena, Alina, Aurora, Thea
Other spellings of Melina
Names related to Melina
Milena, Melanie, Melania, Melona, Malina, Meilani, Melani, Melany, Mileena
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Melina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melina, updated 20 October 2026.