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The first name 
Malaki

Malaki is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.

Malaki is a well-known but special name!

Malaki is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth boy, and therefore ranks at 1025 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,024 boys names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Malaki.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Malaki

Malaki -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Malaki, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 35 states are home to men and boys named Malaki. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few men and boys named Malaki living in one state or another. If your name is Malaki and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Washington, which has the most people named Malaki relative to the population, you still have to ask 23,873 men and boys their names before you hear Malaki as an answer just once.

Malaki has 6 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names – 6.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J and A.

With six letters, the name Malaki is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that with 6.2% of all boys' names that begin with an M, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which boys’ name with M is the most common... the answer is Michael.

Other names with 
M, a, l, a, k and i

If you take all the letters in the name Malaki – M, a, l, a, k and i – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Makila or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Malaki

If your name is Malaki and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Malaki

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Malaki, you can simply say:

Mouse

Apple

Lion

Apple

Koala

Igloo

This is how the name Malaki is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Malaki in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Malaki

Malaki

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Malaki

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Malaki is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

M
A
L
A
K
I

Have you ever waved the name Malaki

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

M
A
L
A
K
I

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Malaki sounds like this: