Fun Facts About the Name Melyna
- 271 babies named Melyna: U.S. records list 271 babies given the name Melyna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Melyna Mean?
Melyna is a respelled form of Melina, a feminine name usually explained as coming from the Greek méli (μέλι), "honey." On that reading the name means "honey," understood in customary use as "honey-sweet." Greek Melissa, from the word for "bee," carries a related honey association, and the Latin mel, "honey," is a cognate of the Greek word.
A second explanation treats Melina as a short form of longer Mel- names such as Amelia or Amalia, which would leave it with no honey meaning of its own. The two explanations do not agree, and neither is documented with certainty. If the honey derivation is correct, the -ina ending may be a diminutive or simply a common feminine name ending in Greek. The y in Melyna is a spelling change only; it does not alter the name's origin or meaning.
Melyna Name History & Origins
Melina (Μελίνα) is a Greek feminine given name, used chiefly in Greece and among Greek communities abroad. Forms of it also appear in Spanish-, Italian-, and Portuguese-speaking countries, where Greek names passed into use through Latin and the Romance languages.
The name became recognizable to audiences outside Greece through Melina Mercouri (1920 - 1994), the Greek actress who later served as the country's minister of culture.
Melyna is one of several English spellings of the name rather than a separately developed name. English has a long habit of substituting y for i in feminine names, as in Melyssa for Melissa or Emely for Emily, and the spelling therefore points to no origin of its own.
Melina is sometimes confused with the Slavic Milena, which comes from a different root - the Slavic mil-, meaning "dear" or "gracious" - and is used in Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Bulgarian. The two names look alike but are not related.
How Popular is the Name Melyna?
Melyna has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #7,589 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,350 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #14,624 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #13,008 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #13,118 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #10,063 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #16,699 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #7,589 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #10,312 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #11,306 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #8,709 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #9,935 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #7,632 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #10,978 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #10,921 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #11,931 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #19,234 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #7,987 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #7,634 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #9,100 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #10,661 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #9,080 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #17,462 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,801 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #17,040 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #9,649 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #8,605 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #11,962 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #15,283 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #14,414 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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