Malaika
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning angel; messenger.
Malaika by the numbers
In 2025, 35 babies in England and Wales were named Malaika. In the US, 69 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 86 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malaika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Malaika
Names that are said the same way as Malaika, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Malaika, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Angelinaangel; messenger; feminine form of Angelo1,550 in the US (2017)
- Angelamessenger, angel1,344 in the US (2017)
- Angelicaangelic; from angelicus570 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
- Angieangel; messenger; a diminutive of Angela456 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Malaika
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