Maleko
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Maleko by the numbers
Maleko was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Maleko
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 Maleko. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malekking or angel26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Malikking or master160 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malakangel or king47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malakimy messenger; a form of Malachi177 in the US (2017)
- Markodedicated to mars; warlike; a form of Mark21 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Maleko
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