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Melinda

“Modern coinage — blended from Melanie and Melissa with -inda” — Modern coinage origin

Girl's name · #1981 in the US (2025) · Retro

Melinda has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #72 (1973) · 135,822 babies named Melinda all-time · 1 in 17,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,200 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 6,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 12,000 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Melindas

• Melinda Gates — American philanthropist
• Melinda Dillon — American actress (1939–2023)
• Melinda Clarke — American actress
• Melinda Czink — Hungarian tennis player
• Melinda Kinnaman — Swedish-American actress

In stories & tradition

• Melinda May — Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Melinda Gordon — Ghost Whisperer
• Melinda Warner — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

What Melindas become

Among 286 notable people named Melinda:

Entertainers appear 1.83× more often than among typical names — e.g. Melinda Dillon, American actress (1939–2023).

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