Milikah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Milikah

What is the meaning of the name Milikah ?

The baby name Milikah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mih-LEE-kah (IPA: /mɪˈliːkə/).

Milikah is in Origin.

Milikah is a feminine name rooted in the Semitic m-l-k “to rule,” aligning it with Hebrew Milcah/Milkah (מִלְכָּה) and Arabic Malikah/Malika, all meaning “queen.” The form likely blends the biblical Hebrew Milcah with the Arabic royal title malikah, and may also echo Swahili malkia (“queen”), reflecting the term’s spread across Afro‑Asiatic languages. Depending on community, it is pronounced mi-LEE-kah or MIL-ih-kah.

Attested earliest via the Bible’s Milcah - wife of Nahor and grandmother of Rebekah in Genesis - the name’s regal sense persisted in Jewish tradition (Malkah) and in Arabic- and Persian-speaking regions (Malikah/Melika) as both given name and honorific. Milikah itself is a modern orthographic variant found in African, Middle Eastern, and diasporic naming, favored for its lyrical -kah ending and clear “queen” meaning. Related forms include Milcah, Milka, Milkah, Malika, Malikah, Melika, Malkah, Malkia; masculine cognates are Melech (Hebrew “king”) and Malik (Arabic “king”).

⚙ Milikah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Milikah appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.