Given name
Malkah
“a queenly woman”
Malkah is a variant of Malka. One Hebrew interpretation is “a queenly woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Malkah is a variant of Malka. One Hebrew interpretation is “a queenly woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
The name draws on Hebrew malkah, meaning “queen”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malkah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 0 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 7 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 girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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