Malachi

MAL-uh-kye

A biblical name meaning “messenger of God” or “angel of the Lord.”

Meaning

Malachi comes from Hebrew Malakhi, commonly explained in older name books as meaning “messenger of Jehovah” or “angel of the Lord.” The name is tied to the biblical prophet Malachi, and one excerpt notes the form Malach-jah as “the angel or messenger of God.”

Origin

Fun fact

One 19th-century source notes that Malachi became a modern given name partly through Irish association with Maelseachlain, rather than only through direct biblical use.

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Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.

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