Girl
Melinda
Melinda means "Greek meli (honey) + Latin linda (pretty)" and comes from Greek, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It has not kept pace since its 1970s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. The registry counts around 135,083 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
GreekGreek "meli" (honey) + Latin "linda" (pretty)
Etymology18th-century literary coinage meaning "mild, soft"
Births by decade
1900s
137
1910s
200
1920s
202
1930s
567
1940s
5,424
1950s
21,527
1960s
36,382
1970s
36,577
1980s
22,304
1990s
7,932
2000s
2,487
2010s
1,344
Peaked in the 1970s · 135,083 total U.S. births since 1900