Melina

Where Melina comes from

The dictionaries list Melina as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Melina Kanakaredes born
    American actress
  3. 1979
    Melina Perez born
    American professional wrestler
  4. 2009
    Peak, #456
    681 babies named Melina — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Melina Kanakaredes · American actress, born 1967
  • Melina Perez · American professional wrestler, born 1979
  • Melina Matsoukas · American music video, film, commercial and television director, born 1981
  • Melina Marchetta · Australian teen writer, born 1965
  • Melina León · Puerto Rican musician, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.