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Boy · Arabic
Malik Say it: MAH-lik
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Meaning From Arabic mālik 'owner, king'.
Certain scholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1990s
In the United States 0 1 2 3 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1996 per 1,000 babies of that sex 45,902 babies given this name since 1949 At its height in 1996, about 1 in 471 boys 821 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Malick
Famous bearers Malik el-Shabazz, the name Malcolm X took in 1964 Names worth a look Alonzo Boy A form of Spanish Alonso, from Visigothic Adalfuns, Germanic adal 'noble' and funs 'ready, eager'. Victorian · peak 1880 Carlton Boy From an English place name and surname, Old English ceorl 'free peasant' + tun 'settlement'. Victorian · peak 1937 Jermaine Boy An English spelling of Germain, from Latin Germanus, which meant either 'brother' or 'German'. Modern · peak 1973 Junior Boy From Latin junior 'younger', the suffix used for a son named after his father. Modern · peak 1926 Kelvin Boy From the River Kelvin in Glasgow, best known through the title of the physicist Lord Kelvin; the river name is… Modern · peak 1963 Bryant Boy From a surname derived from Brian, an Irish and Breton name of uncertain origin. Modern · peak 1988 Malcolm Boy From Gaelic Máel Coluim 'devotee of (Saint) Columba'; Columba is Latin for 'dove'. Middle Ages · peak 1992 Milagros Girl Spanish 'miracles', from Nuestra Señora de los Milagros. Colonial · peak 2008 Where this comes from 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.
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