Name meaning & stats
Melynda
Melynda means “sweet, gentle (a coinage)”. 2,723 US babies since 1940, peak 1973.
What it means
“sweet, gentle (a coinage)”
Spelling of Melinda
In US birth records
Peak year: 1973
2,723 US babies were named Melynda between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Melynda (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 50 Melindas spell it Melynda
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1973)