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Malachi
Say it: MAL-uh-ky
Meaning
Hebrew Mal'akhi, 'my messenger'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
In Ireland Malachy was also used for the native name Máel Sechnaill; Malachi rose in the United States from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 53,620 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 721 boys
- 2,359 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Malachy
| French | Malachie |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Malaquías |
| Italian | Malachia |
| Portuguese | Malaquias |
| German | Maleachi |
| Polish | Malachiasz |
| Hebrew | Malakhi |
Famous bearers
- Malachi, last of the Hebrew prophets
- Saint Malachy, 12th-century archbishop of Armagh
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.