Malakai

Where Malakai comes from

Borrowed from Fijian Malakai and Tongan Malakai, equivalent to English Malachi.
— Wiktionary's entry for Malakai
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1950
    Malakai Fakatoufifita, 15th Lord Tuʻilakepa born
    Tongan Noble
  2. 1986
    Malakai Tiwa born
    Fijian footballer
  3. 1988
    First appearance
    #5,751 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2025
    Peak, #213
    1,657 babies named Malakai — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Malakai Tiwa · Fijian footballer, born 1986
  • Malakai Fakatoufifita, 15th Lord Tuʻilakepa · Tongan Noble, born 1950
  • Malakai Kainihewe · Fijian footballer, born 1977
  • Malakai Ravulo · Fijian rugby union footballer, born 1983

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.