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Malachi

Hebrew
"my messenger"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Mon Jul 14 2025

Malachi Origin and Meaning

The name Malachi is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger".

An Old Testament name with a Gaelic lilt, Malachi entered the list in 1987.

In the Bible, Malachi (pronounced with the final syllable as EYE), was the last of the twelve Hebrew prophets, who foretold the coming of Christ.

In Anthony Trollope's Phineas Finn, Malachi is the name of the hero's father, and in James Joyce's Ulysses, Malachi Mulligan is a medical student. The lighter-hearted Irish version is usually spelled Malachy.

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Famous People Named Malachi

  • Malachi
    Biblical prophet, author of the Book of Malachi in the Old Testament
  • Malachi Fallon
    1st chief of police of San Francisco, USA
  • Malachi Brendan Martin
    Irish,American priest and author
  • Malachi Pearson
    American voice actor
  • Malachi Throne
    American actor
  • Malachi Favors
    American jazz bassist
  • Zion Malachi Airamis Wade
    son of basketball player Dwyane Wade

The name Malachi in Pop Culture

  • The Book of Malachi
    last book of the Old Testament
  • Malachai Boardman
    boy in the film "Children of the Corn"
  • Malachi "Mal" Fallon
    detective in game Cause of Death
  • Malachi Constant
    in Kurt Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan"
  • Malachi "Old Glos" Trenglos
    in Anthony Trollope's "Malachi's Cove"
  • Malachi
    main character in "Camp Weedonwantcha"
  • Malachi Hennesey
    in "Mr Dooley in Peace and in War" by Peter Finlay Dunne
  • Malachi
    tiny prophet created by Bender in an episode of TV's "Futurama"
  • The Malachai
    in The Chronicles of Nick by Sherrilyn Kenyon
  • Malachi
    character in Aphmau's YouTube series
  • Malachi Dieudonne
    character from the shadowhunter books by Cassandra Claire
  • The Malachi Configuration
    shadowhunter prison founded by Malachi Dieudonne
  • Malachi kom Sangedakru
    antagonist in TV's "the 100"

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