Malakhi: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “my messenger, my angel”
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- mah-LAH-khee · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
Malakhi is a transliteration variant of Malachi, from Hebrew Malʾakhi. In the Bible, Malachi is the name of a prophetic book and its traditional prophet.
How popular is Malakhi?
Babies named Malakhi in 2024148
2024 rank#1,316 boys
Peak year2019
Total US babies since 18802,916
Malakhi is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Malakhi
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Malakhi questions
What does the name Malakhi mean?
Malakhi means "my messenger, my angel". It comes from Hebrew. Malakhi is a transliteration variant of Malachi, from Hebrew Malʾakhi. In the Bible, Malachi is the name of a prophetic book and its traditional prophet.
Is Malakhi a boy or girl name?
Malakhi is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Malakhi?
148 US babies were named Malakhi in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.
How do you pronounce Malakhi?
Malakhi is usually pronounced mah-LAH-khee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.