Melynda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LIN-duh
- Origin
- Modern
Melynda is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Melynda mean?
Modern: variant of Melinda, probably Greek meli 'honey' + Linda
A variant of Melinda, an English coinage probably combining the Greek meli, 'honey', with the name ending -inda.
Is Melynda a girl's or a boy's name?
Melynda is a girls' name.
How popular is Melynda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the girls named Melynda in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Melynda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,866 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 67 | #1,684 |
| 1981 | 79 | #1,515 |
| 1980 | 90 | #1,380 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 94 | #1,290 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,468 |
| 1976 | 70 | #1,482 |
| 1975 | 95 | #1,211 |
| 1974 | 79 | #1,334 |
| 1973 | 100 | #1,120 |
| 1972 | 78 | #1,303 |
| 1971 | 96 | #1,187 |
| 1970 | 92 | #1,212 |
| 1969 | 84 | #1,214 |
| 1968 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1967 | 80 | #1,187 |
| 1966 | 71 | #1,284 |
| 1965 | 55 | #1,500 |
| 1964 | 60 | #1,462 |
| 1963 | 60 | #1,435 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,611 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
Nicknames for Melynda
Names like Melynda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa, Monica, Rebecca, Christina, Jessica, Miranda, Samantha, Vanessa, Amanda, Angela, Cassandra, Melinda
Names related to Melynda
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, “Melynda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/melynda, updated 20 October 2026.