Malachi

Where Malachi comes from

From Latin Mālāchiās, from Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας (Malakhías), from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”), singular form of מַלְאָךְ (mal'akh, “angel; messenger; ambassadors”) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.
— Wiktionary's entry for Malachi
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys — 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1928
    Malachi Throne born
    American actor
  3. 1998
    Malachi Flynn born
    American basketball player
  4. 2025
    Peak, #134
    2,692 babies named Malachi — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Malachi Throne · American actor, 1928–2013
  • Malachi Flynn · American basketball player, born 1998
  • Malachi Barton · American actor and singer, born 2007
  • Malachi Kirby · British actor, born 1989
  • Malachi Richardson · American basketball player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.