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The first name 
Malikai

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

Malikai is a well-known but special name!

Malikai 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 1465 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,464 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 Malikai.

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

Malikai -
quite rare in all states

The odds of having a man or boy named Malikai in your home state are about the same as the chance for a white Christmas in New York City – in both cases they are less than 30%. More precisely, the first name Malikai is registered in 17 states, among which are Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado or Florida. In proportion to the male population, most men and boys with the first name Malikai live in Washington, but even there the name is rather special – on average, you would have to ask 55,703 men and boys in Washington for their name before you meet one who answers with Malikai.

Malikai has 7 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 seven letters, the name Malikai has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight 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, i, k, a and i

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

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Malikai

If your name is Malikai 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 Malikai

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

Mouse

Apple

Lion

Igloo

Koala

Apple

Igloo

This is how the name Malikai 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 Malikai in Braille?

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

Malikai

Malikai

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

M
A
L
I
K
A
I

Have you ever waved the name Malikai

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
I
K
A
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. Malikai sounds like this: