Melinna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- me-LEE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Melinna is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “possibly honey”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Melinna mean?
Greek: spelling of Melina; probably from meli, honey
“possibly honey”
Probably from Greek meli, honey; borne by the Greek actress and politician Melina Mercouri.
Meaning borrowed from Melina. More on Wiktionary.
Is Melinna a girl's or a boy's name?
Melinna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Melinna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Melinna, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more girls named Melinna than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Melinna in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 445 girls in the US were given Melinna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #649, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Melinna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Nicknames for Melinna
Names like Melinna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna Sophia Elina Camila Sienna Isabella Alessia Lyra Helena Elora Luna Alora
Other spellings of Melinna
Names related to Melinna
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Melinna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melinna, updated 20 October 2026.