Melinda

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈlɪn.də/, /mɛˈlɪn.də/
• Rhymes: -ɪndə

Etymology 1

Coined in the eighteenth century from names such as Melanie and Melissa +‎ -inda.

Alternative forms

• Malinda

Proper noun

Melinda

1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
   • 1999, Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

     Her twin daughters were on the playground equipment. Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them.

Related terms

• Mindy
• Lindy
• Mendy

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Melinda

1. Alternative form of Malindi (“town in Kenya”).

Hungarian

Etymology

Popularized by the character in József Katona's play Bánk bán (1820).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛlindɒ]
• Hyphenation: Me‧lin‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Proper noun

Melinda

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Melinda	Melindák
accusative	Melindát	Melindákat
dative	Melindának	Melindáknak
instrumental	Melindával	Melindákkal
causal-final	Melindáért	Melindákért
translative	Melindává	Melindákká
terminative	Melindáig	Melindákig
essive-formal	Melindaként	Melindákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Melindában	Melindákban
superessive	Melindán	Melindákon
adessive	Melindánál	Melindáknál
illative	Melindába	Melindákba
sublative	Melindára	Melindákra
allative	Melindához	Melindákhoz
elative	Melindából	Melindákból
delative	Melindáról	Melindákról
ablative	Melindától	Melindáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Melindáé	Melindáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Melindáéi	Melindákéi

Possessive forms of Melinda

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Melindám	Melindáim
2nd person sing.	Melindád	Melindáid
3rd person sing.	Melindája	Melindái
1st person plural	Melindánk	Melindáink
2nd person plural	Melindátok	Melindáitok
3rd person plural	Melindájuk	Melindáik