Malikhai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Malikhai by the numbers
Malikhai was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Malikhai
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 Malikhai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malikaimy messenger; a modern respelling of Malachi106 in the US (2017)
- Malikhimy messenger; 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)
- Malachaimy messenger; variant of Malachi61 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Malikhai
Names that are said the same way as Malikhai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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