Melinda

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈlɪn.də/, /mɛˈlɪn.də/
• Rhymes: -ɪndə

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

• Malinda

Melinda

1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
   • 1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

     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.

• Mindy
• Lindy
• Mendy

Melinda

1. Alternative form of Malindi (“town in Kenya”).

Popularized by the character in József Katona's play Bánk bán (1820).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛlindɒ]
• Hyphenation: Me‧lin‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Melinda

1. a female given name