Melvina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mel-VEE-na
- Origin
- Scottish
Melvina is a girls' name of Scottish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Melvina mean?
Scottish: feminine of Melvin, or a variant of Malvina
Related to Malvina, a name created by James Macpherson for his Ossian poems in the 1760s.
Is Melvina a girl's or a boy's name?
Melvina is a girls' name.
How popular is Melvina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1920, with 136 girls.
Half of all the girls named Melvina in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melvina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,391 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,713 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,100 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,665 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,465 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,575 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,617 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,586 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,561 |
| 1964 | 60 | #1,462 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,290 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,576 |
| 1961 | 71 | #1,318 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,416 |
| 1959 | 66 | #1,314 |
| 1958 | 70 | #1,265 |
| 1957 | 64 | #1,321 |
| 1956 | 79 | #1,168 |
| 1955 | 91 | #1,054 |
| 1954 | 60 | #1,277 |
| 1953 | 70 | #1,154 |
| 1952 | 78 | #1,066 |
| 1951 | 71 | #1,103 |
| 1950 | 82 | #1,006 |
| 1949 | 79 | #1,011 |
| 1948 | 69 | #1,056 |
| 1947 | 85 | #965 |
| 1946 | 65 | #1,049 |
| 1945 | 71 | #897 |
| 1944 | 69 | #925 |
| 1943 | 75 | #898 |
| 1942 | 64 | #979 |
| 1941 | 76 | #830 |
| 1940 | 84 | #762 |
| 1939 | 64 | #878 |
| 1938 | 62 | #899 |
| 1937 | 62 | #877 |
| 1936 | 71 | #800 |
| 1935 | 68 | #834 |
| 1934 | 63 | #861 |
| 1933 | 66 | #820 |
| 1932 | 81 | #748 |
| 1931 | 72 | #797 |
| 1930 | 76 | #810 |
| 1929 | 79 | #789 |
| 1928 | 90 | #750 |
| 1927 | 92 | #747 |
| 1926 | 105 | #708 |
| 1925 | 88 | #786 |
| 1924 | 116 | #688 |
| 1923 | 121 | #674 |
| 1922 | 118 | #671 |
| 1921 | 113 | #694 |
| 1920 | 136 | #609 |
| 1919 | 96 | #712 |
| 1918 | 96 | #731 |
| 1917 | 112 | #641 |
| 1916 | 85 | #732 |
| 1915 | 106 | #640 |
| 1914 | 97 | #574 |
| 1913 | 66 | #637 |
| 1912 | 57 | #663 |
| 1911 | 59 | #548 |
| 1910 | 50 | #584 |
| 1909 | 46 | #566 |
| 1908 | 40 | #593 |
| 1907 | 46 | #529 |
| 1906 | 35 | #602 |
| 1905 | 46 | #497 |
| 1904 | 47 | #480 |
| 1903 | 43 | #489 |
| 1902 | 52 | #429 |
| 1901 | 34 | #520 |
| 1900 | 45 | #504 |
| 1899 | 28 | #578 |
| 1898 | 45 | #461 |
| 1897 | 38 | #468 |
| 1896 | 40 | #457 |
| 1895 | 39 | #465 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 35 | #449 |
| 1892 | 38 | #434 |
| 1891 | 18 | #624 |
| 1890 | 37 | #412 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 40 | #380 |
| 1887 | 38 | #348 |
| 1886 | 23 | #451 |
| 1885 | 44 | #303 |
| 1884 | 31 | #358 |
| 1883 | 21 | #411 |
| 1882 | 25 | #352 |
| 1881 | 25 | #317 |
| 1880 | 21 | #352 |
Nicknames for Melvina
Names like Melvina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Martha, Matilda, Loretta, Leona, Margaret, Marcella, Estella, Lenora, Alma, Rosa, Myra, Viola
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
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, “Melvina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melvina, updated 20 October 2026.