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Melinda

//məˈlɪn.də// name

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  1. 1
    A female given name originating as a coinage.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Malindi (“town in Kenya”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

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

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