Melinda
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Melinda is a feminine given name.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Melinda
- Given name.gender
- Female
- Given name.origin
- Albanian, Greek, Latin
- Given name.related names
- Melanie, Melissa, Melina, Mel, Linda, Mindy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- female given name
- Said to be same as
- Melina
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- different from
- Melinda
- native label
- Melinda
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- M453
- Cologne phonetics
- 6562
- Caverphone
- MLNT11
- language of work or name
- Latin
- Commons category
- Melinda (given name)
- nickname
- Mindy
- P8168
- Florian Gerster
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Melinda is a feminine given name.
== Etymology == The modern name Melinda is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda". "Mel" can be derived from names such as Melanie meaning "dark, black" in Greek, or from Melina meaning "sweet like honey" or from Melissa (μέλισσα) meaning "honeybee" in Greek. It is also associated with the Greek word meli, meaning "honey", and with Linda, from "lind" meaning "gentle, soft, tender" in the Germanic languages.
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