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Melinda
Pronounced /məˈlɪn.də/
Rank in 2024
#2,096
Born in 2024
91
Peak year
1970 · #93
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 91 girls were named Melinda, about 1 in every 17,727.
- It peaked in 1970 with 4,225 babies, ranked #93.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 135,724 girls have been named Melinda since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Melinda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- 1.2Boomers1946–64
- 2.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.9Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 489 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 2,926 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Boomers: 42,285 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Gen X: 58,251 babies, 2.28 per 1,000. Millennials: 25,661 babies, 0.91 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,366 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,440 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Coined in the eighteenth century from names such as Melanie and Melissa + -inda. ==== Alternative forms ==== Malinda ==== Proper noun ==== Melinda A female given name originating as a coinage. ===== Related terms ===== Mindy Lindy Mendy
- A female given name originating as a coinage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /məˈlɪn.də/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Melinda, CC BY-SA 4.0.