Melina

What Melina means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Melina yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #594 in 2015 to #660 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Melina?

US: Falling: down from #594 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1057 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 681 girls got the name (#456 that year). First in the US records in 1883.

How common

• About 1 in 3,703 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,966 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.83 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Melina is #660 in the US and #719 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Melina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Melany779 US
• Milana336 US · 70 E&W
• Milena271 US · 38 E&W
• Melani234 US · 3 E&W
• Malina86 US · 6 E&W
• Malena81 US · 5 E&W
• Melona47 US · 14 E&W
• Melony16 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Melina

Girls

• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*
• Gracie#227Editor’s note Down from #165 in 2015 to #227 in 2025 in the US
• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*
• Valeria#162“to be healthy, to be strong”^*
• Nayeli#270Spanish, possibly meaning “I love you”^*
• Amaya#180“the end”^*

For a brother

• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Elian#147Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #147 vs #914 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Melina’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.