Given name & surname
Malachias
Malachias is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Malachias isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malachias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Malachias’s family of names
In German usage, Malachias has a conventional equivalent in the English form Malachi. In German usage, Malachias has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Malaki. In German usage, Malachias has a conventional equivalent in Malaquias.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Malachias has relatives in 58 languages.
33 related names in 58 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MalachiEnglish, Welsh
- MalakiSwahili, Swedish
- MalaquiasPortuguese, mwl
- MarakiMāori
- MalakiaFinnish, Estonian
- MalachiaRomanian, Corsican
- MaleächyWest Frisian
- Malaquíaswar, Spanish
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- MalakiásHungarian
- MalachiášCzech, Slovak
- MalakiasTagalog, io
- MalahijaSlovene
- МалахијаSerbian
- Maleachizea, Dutch
- МалахияRussian
- MalachiaszPolish
- МалахијMacedonian
- MalakijaMaltese
- MaleakhiMalay, jv
- MaleahijaLatvian
- MalaquiesCatalan
- מלאכיYiddish, Hebrew
- マラキJapanese
- MalakíIcelandic
- MalaicíIrish
- ΜαλαχίαςGreek, Ancient Greek
- მალაქიაGeorgian
- MalachieFrench
- MalachisDanish
- Malac'hiBreton
- ՄաղաքիաArmenian
- MaleagiAfrikaans
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