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The name Melinda peaked for boys at #2181 in 1971. Melinda is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

The name Melinda is a girl's name of English origin meaning "beautiful honey".

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In the eighteenth century there was a poetic fad for names with the 'inda' sound, and, along with Belinda, Clarinda, Dorinda and Florinda, Melinda was one of those created at that time. It came into non-literary use in the 1840's, peaking in the U.S. in the late 1960s and 1970s: Melinda was a Top 100 name from 1967 to 1980. It began to fade as nickname Mindy ascended. Nowadays, however, Melinda feels more contemporary than cousins Melissa, Mindy, Belinda and Linda.
Melinda is a name fashioned from two common elements in girls' names. Mel means honey or honeybee, or alternatively dark, and is found as an element in such names as Melissa and Pamela. Linda means beautiful.
 Melinda was the name of the lead character played by Jennifer Love Hewitt in Ghost Whisperer; her most prominent modern bearer is philanthropist Melinda Gates. If you don't like the nickname Mindy, you could go with Mel, Lin, or Lindy.

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The name Melinda is currently ranked #934 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #72 in 1973. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in MELINDA, MELINDA, and MELINDA. Melinda is occasionally used for boys in 1994.

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