Given name & surname
Malachia
“my messenger”
Malachia is a masculine given name from Hebrew, meaning “my messenger.” It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, “my messenger”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malachia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 11 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 126 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Malachia’s family of names
In Italian usage, Malachia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Malachi. In Italian usage, Malachia has a conventional equivalent in the German form MALACHIAS. In Italian usage, Malachia has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Malachiasz.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Malachia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Malachia
- Malachia OrmanianPatriarch of Constantinople (1841–1918)
- Malachy John GoltokCatholic bishop (1965-2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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