US Popularity Rank: 3828

Origin: British

Meaning: Sweet; Honey; Pretty; Black; dark; Honeybee

With this name, you'll be able to reflect baby's sweeter-than-sugar nature. Melinda is a feminine name that has English, Greek, and Latin roots and means "sweet" and "honey." It also comes from the word melit and is made up of two elements—melit, meaning "honey," and linda, which means "pretty." Melinda is one of a slew of -inda names, like Belinda, that came into use in the eighteenth century. Melinda can also come from the Greek Melissa, meaning "honeybee," and Melanie, meaning "dark" or "black." Despite being in circulation for several centuries, Melinda still feels modern and gives baby a bevy of nicknames to choose from, including the cute Mindy.