Malinda Lo is an American writer of young adult novels including Ash, Huntress, Adaptation, Inheritance, A Line in the Dark, and Last Night at the Telegraph Club. She also does research on diversity in young adult literature and publishing.
Malinda Williams is an American actress and producer. She began her career on television, before appearing in films A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), High School High (1996), and The Wood (1999).
I have this name. Occasionally people comment about its uniqueness, but mostly people forget it and call me by another "m" name like Matilda. Malinda also doesn't have many nicknames, Mindy, or Linda or maybe Lindy. Overall, I would not recommend giving your daughter this name, I would have preferred almost any other "m" name anyway.
In 2018, 37 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Malinda who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 531st most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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Malinda Kathleen Reese is an YouTuber most commonly known for parody music videos with lyrics of popular songs put through several layers of Google Translate.
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Melinda is pretty and has the obvious "honey" element in its first syllable, but Malinda has a touch of malady and malice about it.
In the 19th century Malinda was actually much more common as a spelling than Melinda. The indexes to the 1850 United States census, for example, include 21, 798 examples of Malinda and only 8, 690 of Melinda.