Malachi

oh thats good

I know a little girl named Malachi - it works really well on her! I also know a girl named Malak, which I think has similar roots, or at least a similar meaning.

That's a beautiful name.

I feel like they always assume Malachi is a male name when in fact it should be gender neutral, like some names.

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Shame on you. If you don't like a name, that's your business, but don't be hateful and put stuff like that on here. There are kids looking up their names, which might just be Malachi, on here and they don't need to read some trashy pissant jerk's crybaby rant.

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I'm so sorry for your nephew. You sound like the worst uncle ever.

Malachi, nn Mac was on my long list

I like Malachi, but I love the Irish variant Malachy ("MAL-uh-kee") - it feels softer and less trendy.

I know a little Malakai who is called Kai

I like the name Ezra Malachi

I only see Mal-ah-kee with the Irish spelling, which I do kind of want to like, because I definitely would consider Irish names for my kids.

I totally get people heavily associating the name with Children of the Corn. For me personally that's not a deal breaker, probably because I love horror movies. Though I'd probably get a lot of side eye from my family were I to ever use it.

This is my favorite spelling of the name.

All I can think of is Children of the Corn when I hear this name. I grew up in the country and my house was literally surrounded by corn fields on 3 sides. I would always play this movie when I had slumber parties and then a game of truth or dare to walk into the corn fields just a little. It never failed to entertain and freak people out! Fond memories :-)

I like the sound of Malachi, but as previous commenter mentioned, I also read the name as mal-a-kee, and I really dislike the alternate phonetic spelling of Malakai!

Agreed!

This is a new favourite of mine!

I want to like this name, but I can't help but say "Mal-ah-chee" when I read it.

My little sister has been determined to name her first born daughter this for the last five years. While at first all I could think of was children of the corn, I think the name might be growing on me... it turns out she had never seen movie and it reminds her of Makala but less common.