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The first name 
Melina

Melina is a first name for girls.

Melina is a common name for girls!

The name Melina isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Melina ranks 582. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 3 were named Melina. In the entire USA, approximately 15,182 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Melina. That is 0.00 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Melina

What does the name 
Melina mean?

The Greek name Melina was developed from the word ‘meli’, which means ‘honey’. It is related to the Greek name Melissa meaning ‘bee’.

In the U.S.,... Melina is a rare name, first used in the 1880s.

Melina -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Melina, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 39 states are home to women and girls named Melina. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few women and girls named Melina living in one state or another. If your name is Melina and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Arizona, which has the most people named Melina relative to the population, you still have to ask 2,903 women and girls their names before you hear Melina as an answer just once.

Melina has 6 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.

With six letters, the name Melina is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.

Other names with 
M, e, l, i, n and a

If you take all the letters in the name Melina – M, e, l, i, n and a – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Melian or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Melina

If your name is Melina and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Melina

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Melina, you can simply say:

Mouse

Elephant

Lion

Igloo

Nut

Apple

This is how the name Melina is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Melina in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Melina

Melina

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Melina

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Melina is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

M
E
L
I
N
A

Have you ever waved the name Melina

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

M
E
L
I
N
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Melina sounds like this: