Given name
Velinda
“one who is sweet and gentle”
Velinda is a form of Melinda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is sweet and gentle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Velinda carries the interpretation “one who is sweet and gentle.” Velinda is a form of Melinda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is sweet and gentle.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Velinda is used as a form of Melinda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Velinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 896
- 0 boys · 896 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 818 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Velinda’s family of names
Velinda is a form of Melinda. Velinda has a related form in Valinda. Velinda has a related form in Valynda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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