Malykai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Malykai by the numbers
Malykai was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Malykai
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 Malykai. 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)
- Malekai13 in the US (2017)
- Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
- Malakimy messenger; a form of Malachi177 in the US (2017)
- Malakhimy messenger; a form of Malachi173 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Malykai
Names that are said the same way as Malykai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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