Melinda

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) German short form of Ermelinda (see Ermelind) [1] [2] [3]

2) English new combination of MEL and the suffix -inda [4] [2] [3]

3) New combination of MEL and LIND [5]

Related Names

Melinda
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Danish Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Mellinda
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Melynda
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See also Linda, Malinda, Mella, Minda

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Melinduson Iceland

Female

Melindudóttir Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Melinda
Genitive: Melindas
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Melinda
Genitive: Melindan
Partitive: Melindaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Melinda
Accusative: Melindu
Dative: Melindu
Genitive: Melindu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Melinda
Genitive: Melindas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Melinda
Genitive: Melindas

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

5 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Namesakes

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[8]
1543 2104 1543 2104 0 0
Finland Finland[9]
n.a.
901
n.a.
901 0 0
Denmark Denmark[10]
133
n.a.
133
n.a.
0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[11]
4 6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[12]
254
n.a.
254
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[13]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Melinda (f) Sources: [8][10][12][9]


References

  1. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  5. Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2024).
  6. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. 8.0 8.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. 9.0 9.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  10. 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  12. 12.0 12.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  13. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/