Given name

Maleko

Maleko is a masculine given name from Bible. It is used in Hawaiian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Maleko comes from Bible.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Maleko through the years

Babies since 1880
97
97 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2015
10 babies
2025
7
#10,307 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024620002025Highest share 20154.1
Maleko in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,307 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2015.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Maleko’s family of names

In Hawaiian usage, Maleko has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mark. In Hawaiian usage, Maleko has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marc. In Hawaiian usage, Maleko has a conventional equivalent in the German form Markus.

Walk Maleko’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Maleko has relatives in 4 languages.

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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