# Melinda

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|gender = Female
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|origin = Albanian, Greek, Latin
|related names = [Melanie](/source/Melanie), [Melissa](/source/Melissa), [Melina](/source/Melina_(name)), [Mel](/source/Mel_(given_name)), [Linda](/source/Linda_(name)), [Mindy](/source/Mindy_(disambiguation))
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'''Melinda''' is a feminine [given name](/source/given_name).

== Etymology ==
The modern name ''Melinda'' is a combination of "Mel" with the suffix "-inda".<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=melinda Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Melinda<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> "Mel" can be derived from names such as [Melanie](/source/Melanie) meaning "dark, black" in [Greek](/source/Greek_language), or from [Melina](/source/Melina_(name)) meaning "sweet like honey" or from [Melissa](/source/Melissa) (μέλισσα) meaning "honeybee" in Greek. It is also associated with the Greek word ''meli'', meaning "honey", and with [Linda](/source/Linda_(name)), from "lind" meaning "gentle, soft, tender" in the [Germanic languages](/source/Germanic_languages).<ref>''The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World'' (1984) by Bruce Lansky</ref>

== Pronunciation ==
The typical English pronunciation of Melinda is {{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|l|ɪ|n|d|ə}}. In Hungarian, the stress is on the first syllable: {{IPA|hu|ˈmɛlindɒ|}}.

==Notable people==
===Academics===
*[Malinda Carpenter](/source/Malinda_Carpenter), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, child development psychology researcher
*[Melinda H. Keefe](/source/Melinda_H._Keefe), American art restorer
*[Melinda Mills](/source/Melinda_Mills), British sociologist
*[Melinda Takeuchi](/source/Melinda_Takeuchi), American art historian
*[Melinda Tan](/source/Melinda_Tan), Singaporean linguist
*[Melinda Wortz](/source/Melinda_Wortz), American art historian

===Actresses===
*[Melinda Clarke](/source/Melinda_Clarke), American actress
*[Melinda "Mindy" Cohn](/source/Mindy_Cohn), American actress
*[Melinda Culea](/source/Melinda_Culea), American actress
*[Melinda Dillon](/source/Melinda_Dillon), American actress
*[Melinda O. Fee](/source/Melinda_O._Fee), American actress
*[Melinda Kinnaman](/source/Melinda_Kinnaman), Swedish actress
*[Melinda Marx](/source/Melinda_Marx), American actress and daughter of [Groucho Marx](/source/Groucho_Marx)
*[Melinda McGraw](/source/Melinda_McGraw), American actress
*[Melinda Messenger](/source/Melinda_Messenger), English model and TV presenter
*[Melinda Mullins](/source/Melinda_Mullins), American actress
*[Melinda Page Hamilton](/source/Melinda_Page_Hamilton), American actress
*[Melinda Shankar](/source/Melinda_Shankar), Canadian actress
*[Melinda Sullivan](/source/Melinda_Sullivan), American dancer and actress
*[Melinda Sward](/source/Melinda_Sward), American actress
*[Malinda Williams](/source/Malinda_Williams), American actress

===Artists===
* [Melinda Bordelon](/source/Melinda_Bordelon), American painter
*[Melinda Doring](/source/Melinda_Doring), Australian costume designer
*[Melinda Rackham](/source/Melinda_Rackham), Australian artist

===Entertainers===
*[Melinda Bam](/source/Melinda_Bam) South African model and beauty pageant titleholder
*[Melinda Ledbetter](/source/Melinda_Ledbetter), wife and manager of [Brian Wilson](/source/Brian_Wilson)
*[Malinda Kathleen Reese](/source/Malinda_Kathleen_Reese), American YouTube personality, actress and singer{{efn|Reese also performs under the name "MALINDA".}}
*[Melinda Saxe](/source/Melinda_Saxe), American magician

===Lawyers===
* [Melinda Haag](/source/Melinda_Haag), former US attorney
*[Melinda Harmon](/source/Melinda_Harmon), US judge
*[Melinda Taylor](/source/Melinda_Taylor), Australian ICC lawyer

===Musicians===
*[Melinda Ademi](/source/Melinda_Ademi), Albanian singer
*[Melinda Caroll](/source/Melinda_Caroll), American singer
*[Melinda Doolittle](/source/Melinda_Doolittle), American singer and ''American Idol'' contestant
*[Melinda Kistétényi](/source/Melinda_Kist%C3%A9t%C3%A9nyi), Hungarian organist
*[Melinda Maxwell](/source/Melinda_Maxwell), English oboist and composer
*[Melinda O'Neal](/source/Melinda_O'Neal), American conductor
*[Malinda Jackson Parker](/source/Malinda_Jackson_Parker), Liberian singer and politician
*[Melinda Schneider](/source/Melinda_Schneider), Australian country singer
*[Melinda Watts](/source/Melinda_Watts), American singer and musician

===Philanthropists===
*[Melinda Gates](/source/Melinda_Gates), philanthropist and ex-wife of [Bill Gates](/source/Bill_Gates)

===Politicians===
*[Malinda Brumfield White](/source/Malinda_Brumfield_White) (born 1967), American politician
*[Melinda Bush](/source/Melinda_Bush), Illinois senator
*[Melinda Katz](/source/Melinda_Katz), New York politician
*[Melinda MacLean](/source/Melinda_MacLean), Canadian politician
*[Melinda Pavey](/source/Melinda_Pavey), Australian politician
*[Melinda Schwegmann](/source/Melinda_Schwegmann), Louisiana state representative and lieutenant-governor
*[Melinda Smyser](/source/Melinda_Smyser), Idaho senator
*[Melinda Széky-Sztrémi](/source/Melinda_Sz%C3%A9ky-Sztr%C3%A9mi), Hungarian politician

===Reporters===
*[Melinda Murphy](/source/Melinda_Murphy), American reporter

===Scientists===
* [Melinda Estes](/source/Melinda_Estes), American neuropathologist

===Sportswomen===
*[Melinda Cooper](/source/Melinda_Cooper), American boxer
*[Melinda Copp](/source/Melinda_Copp), Canadian swimmer
*[Melinda Czink](/source/Melinda_Czink), Hungarian tennis player
*[Melinda Gainsford-Taylor](/source/Melinda_Gainsford-Taylor), Australian athlete
*[Melinda Geiger](/source/Melinda_Geiger), Romanian handballer
*[Melinda Hale](/source/Melinda_Hale), American handball player
*[Mélinda Hennaoui](/source/M%C3%A9linda_Hennaoui), Algerian volleyball player
*[Melinda Henshaw](/source/Melinda_Henshaw), New Zealand yachtswoman
*[Melinda Jacques](/source/Melinda_Jacques), French handball player
*[Melinda Kunhegyi](/source/Melinda_Kunhegyi), Canadian figure skater
*[Melinda McLeod](/source/Melinda_McLeod), Australian BMX cyclist
*[Melinda Padovano](/source/Melinda_Padovano), American wrestler
*[Melinda Pastrovics](/source/Melinda_Pastrovics), Hungarian handballer
*[Melinda Patyi](/source/Melinda_Patyi), Hungarian canoeist
*[Melinda Sun](/source/Melinda_Sun), Australian badminton player
*[Melinda Szikora](/source/Melinda_Szikora), Hungarian handballer
*[Melinda Szik](/source/Melinda_Szik), Hungarian weightlifter
*[Melinda Szvorda](/source/Melinda_Szvorda), Hungarian footballer
*[Melinda Vernon](/source/Melinda_Vernon), Australian triathlete
*[Melinda Vincze](/source/Melinda_Vincze), Hungarian handballer
*[Melinda Wang](/source/Melinda_Wang), Taiwanese figure skater
*[Melinda Watpool](/source/Melinda_Watpool), Canadian boxer
*[Melinda Young](/source/Melinda_Young), Australia basketball

===Writers===
*[Melinda Camber Porter](/source/Melinda_Camber_Porter), British author, poet and painter
*[Melinda Gebbie](/source/Melinda_Gebbie), American comic author and artist
*[Melinda Hammond](/source/Melinda_Hammond), British romance novelist
*[Melinda Haynes](/source/Melinda_Haynes), American novelist
*[Melinda Hsu Taylor](/source/Melinda_Hsu_Taylor), American TV writer and producer
*[Malinda Lo](/source/Malinda_Lo), American author
*[Melinda Lopez](/source/Melinda_Lopez), American playwright
*[Melinda Metz](/source/Melinda_Metz), American children's author
*[Melinda Nadj Abonji](/source/Melinda_Nadj_Abonji), Hungarian writer and performance artist
*[Melinda Rankin](/source/Melinda_Rankin) (1811–1888), American missionary, teacher, and writer
*[Melinda Smith](/source/Melinda_Smith), Australian poet
*[Melinda M. Snodgrass](/source/Melinda_M._Snodgrass), American science fiction writer
*[Melinda Tankard Reist](/source/Melinda_Tankard_Reist), Australian writer and social campaigner
*[Melinda Wagner](/source/Melinda_Wagner), American composer and Pulitzer Prize winner

===Other===
*[Melinda Loveless](/source/Murder_of_Shanda_Sharer), American teenager convicted for her role in the 1992 [murder of Shanda Sharer](/source/murder_of_Shanda_Sharer)

==In popular culture==

===In film and television===
*''[Melinda (film)](/source/Melinda_(film))'', American film, 1972
*''[Melinda and Melinda](/source/Melinda_and_Melinda)'', American film, 2005
*[Melinda Gordon](/source/Melinda_Gordon), [Jennifer Love Hewitt](/source/Jennifer_Love_Hewitt)'s character from ''[Ghost Whisperer](/source/Ghost_Whisperer)''
*Melinda from ''[The Real World: Austin](/source/The_Real_World%3A_Austin)''
*[Melinda Warren](/source/Melinda_Warren) and [Melinda Halliwell](/source/List_of_Charmed_characters), from TV show ''[Charmed](/source/Charmed)''
*[Melinda Warner](/source/Melinda_Warner), [Medical examiner](/source/Medical_examiner) on ''[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_Special_Victims_Unit)''
*Melinda Cramer, [character](/source/One_Life_to_Live_characters_(1968%E2%80%9379)) on ''[One Life to Live](/source/One_Life_to_Live)''
* [Melinda May](/source/Melinda_May) from ''[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.](/source/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.)''
* ["Melinda" (''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'')](/source/Melinda_(Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.)), episode
*Melinda, a centaur from the Disney movie ''[Fantasia](/source/Fantasia_(1940_film))''
*Melinda Finster, Chuckie's late mother from the animated children's TV series ''[Rugrats](/source/Rugrats)''

===In music===
*"Melinda" by [Curved Air](/source/Curved_Air), on the album ''Retrospective''
*"Melinda" by [Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers](/source/Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers)

===In literature===
*Melinda, wife of [Bánk](/source/B%C3%A1nk_B%C3%A1r-Kal%C3%A1n) in [József Katona](/source/J%C3%B3zsef_Katona)'s legendary historical tragedy ''[Bánk bán](/source/B%C3%A1nk_b%C3%A1n)''
*Melinda ("Lindy") in the book ''[The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles](/source/The_Last_of_the_Really_Great_Whangdoodles)'' by [Julie Andrews](/source/Julie_Andrews)
*[Melinda Sordino](/source/Melinda_Sordino), main character of the book ''[Speak](/source/Speak_(Anderson_novel))'' (1999) by [Laurie Halse Anderson](/source/Laurie_Halse_Anderson)
*Melinda, porn star mentioned in the book ''[Snow](/source/Snow_(Pamuk_novel))'' by [Orhan Pamuk](/source/Orhan_Pamuk)
*Melinda, picture book written by [Neil Gaiman](/source/Neil_Gaiman) and illustrated by Dagmara Matusak

==In geography==
* [Melinda Airport](/source/Melinda_Airport), Belize

==See also==
*{{lookfrom|Melinda}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:English feminine given names
Category:English given names
Category:Feminine given names
Category:Hungarian feminine given names

==Notes==
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