Melina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Μελινα in CY Cyprus and Მელინა in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Melina is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name144K records spelled Melina27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Germany, Brazil

  Languages: English, French, German

  Also written Mélina, Mèlina, Mēlįnã, Melìna, Mëlînä

• Finnish given name10K records spelled Melina5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Sweden, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Mëlïnä, Mélina

• Indonesian given name10.0K records spelled Melina7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Melina, Mélina, Mëlïnä, Mélïńå, Mĕlîñă

• a separate given name4.3K records spelled Melina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Bolivia

  Also written Mélina

• Turkish given name2.6K records spelled Melina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Azerbaijan, United States, Spain

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Mélina

• Albanian given name2.0K records spelled Melina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Spain

  Also written Mélina

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Melina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Melina är dels en fornfransk form av Ameline, dels en italiensk smekform till Carmelina eller en utvidgning av Carmela. En känd namnbärare var den grekiska skådespelerskan och politikern Melina (egentligen Maria Amalia) Mercouri (1920–94). Namnet har blivit populärt de senaste årtiondena. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 5 maj.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Origine grecque, « miel ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, ) Meline: weibl. Vom., altfran­ zösische Kurzform von Ameline, einer Kose­ form von germanischen Namen, die mit dem

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Italian, a tactic, in the final minutes of a game, in which the winning side maintains possession of the ball with a series of short passes

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Polish, den, hideout (place where illegal wares are stored and sold)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 117 years between 1883–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Caron Wheelerb. 1963GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer
• Melina Marchettab. 1965AUAustralian teen writer
• Melina Kanakaredesb. 1967USAmerican actress
• Melina Aslanidoub. 1974GRGreek singer
• Melina Perezb. 1979USAmerican professional wrestler
• Melina Matsoukasb. 1981USAmerican music video, film, commercial and television director
• Melina Matthewsb. 1986ESSpanish actress
• Bianca Ingrossob. 1994SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer and influencer
• Melina AlvesBRactress
• Melina Benett Paukkonenactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,064 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Melina?

We estimate roughly 79 thousand people bear Melina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Melina have the most bearers?

Melina is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled melina.

How common is Melina compared with other names?

In Argentina, Melina is the 275th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Melina a male or female name?

Melina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Melina mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin origin; means “sweet as honey.”