Malky
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my king; diminutive or variant of Malachi.
Malky by the numbers
In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Malky. In the US, 98 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 115 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Malachi
Like Malky, 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.
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- Malakimy messenger; a form of Malachi177 in the US (2017)
- Malakhimy messenger; a form of Malachi173 in the US (2017)
- Malikaimy messenger; a modern respelling of Malachi106 in the US (2017)
- 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 Malky. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Malky, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Malky
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