Malekai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Malekai by the numbers
Malekai was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Malekai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malekai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- Malikaimy messenger; a modern respelling of Malachi106 in the US (2017)
- Malekhimy king; a form of malachi6 in the US (2017)
- Malykai7 in the US (2017)
- Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
- Malakimy messenger; a form of Malachi177 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Malekai
Names that are said the same way as Malekai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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