Malekhi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Malekhi

What is the meaning of the name Malekhi ?

The baby name Malekhi is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-LEK-hee (approx.; IPA: /məˈlɛkhi/).

Malekhi is Arabic, Hebrew, Persian in Origin.

Malekhi is a modern English transliteration variant of the Hebrew Mal'akhi (commonly Malachi), the name of the prophet whose brief book closes the Hebrew Bible. Built from mal'akh, "messenger/angel," plus the first-person suffix -i, it carries the meaning "my messenger" or "my angel." The -kh- reflects the guttural Hebrew kh sound; the mid-vowel e simply marks a nonstandard spelling rather than a change in sense.

Attested in Jewish tradition and adopted by English speakers from the Reformation onward, the name gained Puritan-era currency and later enjoyed renewed popularity in contemporary forms. Related spellings and cognates include Malachi, Malakhi, Malakai, Malaki, Malachai, and the Irish Malachy (often treated as equivalent in English, though etymologically Gaelic). In Persian/Arabic contexts, Malek/Malik mean "king," occasionally inspiring Malekhi by analogy, but this reflects a separate root from the Hebrew messenger etymon.