Melinda

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US/məˈlɪn.də/US/mɛˈlɪn.də/

proper noun

A female given name originating as a coinage.

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Meanings

Melinda1

proper noun

alternative Malinda

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

    Her twin daughters were on the playground equipment. Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them.

    1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139

Melinda2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Malindi (“town in Kenya”).

Origin

Coined in the eighteenth century from names such as Melanie and Melissa + -inda.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Melinda

LindakindaBelindaLucindaClarindaDorindaJacindaFlorindaArmindaLaurinda
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Cite this entry
APA

Melinda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Melinda

MLA

“Melinda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Melinda. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Melinda,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Melinda.

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