Melvina

mel-VEE-na

Celtic

"chieftain"

Melvina Origin and Meaning

The name Melvina is a girl's name of Celtic origin meaning "chieftain".

Melvina ranked in the Top 1000 for over 65 years in the US, coinciding to a large extent with the years its much more popular masculine counterpart Melvin ranked in the Top 100. Today, Melvin is still hanging on in the Top 1000 for boys, but Melvina hasn't been given to more than 20 babies in a year since 1991.

Melvina Rank in US Top 1000

# 972 in the US

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Famous People Named Melvina

• Nancy Melvina "Vinnie" Caldwell American politician from Virginia
• Melvina Peoples American actress

Melvina in Pop Culture

• Melvina Ramoud character in "Arabian Jazz" by Diana Abu,Jaber