Malikai
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my messenger; a modern respelling of Malachi.
Malikai by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Malikai. In the US, 106 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Malachi
Like Malikai, 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.
- Malakimy messenger; a form of Malachi177 in the US (2017)
- Malakhimy messenger; a form of Malachi173 in the US (2017)
- Malkymy king; diminutive or variant of Malachi21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malachaimy messenger; variant of Malachi61 in the US (2017)
- Malachymy king; messenger; a form of Malachi20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meilechmy king; a form of Malachi13 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malikai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Malikai
Names that are said the same way as Malikai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Malikai, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 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)
Names about as common as Malikai
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