Malkhi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Malkhi

What is the meaning of the name Malkhi ?

The baby name Malkhi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAHL-khee (MAHL-kee; Hebrew: /ˈmalki/ with a guttural 'kh').

Malkhi is Hebrew in Origin.

Malkhi is a Semitic name from Hebrew and Aramaic, pronounced MAHL-khee. Built on the root MLK “king” with the first-person suffix -i, it means “my king,” a phrase often used devotionally of God. While not common as a standalone in the Hebrew Bible, the element malki appears in compound names such as Malki‑Tzedek (Melchizedek), Malchiel, and Malchiyahu/Malchiah, and the root is widespread in Second Temple and later Jewish onomastics. As a given name, Malkhi has seen modest use in Jewish and Aramaic-speaking Christian (Syriac/Assyrian) communities.

Variants and related forms include Malki, Malchi, and Malky (orthographic or dialectal), as well as longer forms Malchiel and Malchiyahu. Cognates and kin names are Melech (Hebrew “king”) and Malik (Arabic). Malka (“queen”) and its nickname Malky are feminine near-relations but distinct in meaning. Today Malkhi is typically masculine, though occasionally treated as unisex.

⚙ Malkhi is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Malkhi appears only 3 times in total — found in 3 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.