Malachai
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my messenger; variant of Malachi.
Malachai by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Malachai. In the US, 61 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 71 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Malachi
Like Malachai, each of these traces back to Malachi: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malachai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Malacaimessenger of god; a form of malachi15 in the US (2017)
- Malakhaimy messenger; a form of Malachi3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- Malakhimy messenger; a form of Malachi173 in the US (2017)
- Malachymy king; messenger; a form of Malachi20 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Malachai, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Angelomessenger or angel; from angelos1,020 in the US (2017)
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
- RaphaelGod heals; angel name368 in England and Wales (2025)
- Castielmy cover is god; angel name from Jewish tradition286 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Malachai
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