Malik
PronunciationArabic: [ˈmaːlɪk]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
or Greenlandic (unrelated)
MeaningOwner (مَالِك)
King (مَلِك)
Ocean wave (Greenlandic)
Other names
Alternative spellingMalek, Maleek, Malick, Maalek, Mallik, Malyk
Related namesMalik, Melech

Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk (Arabic: مَالِك or مَلِك) (Urdu & (Persian): مالک) (/ˈmælɪk/) is a given name of Semitic origin.[1] It is both used as first name and surname originally mainly in Western Asia by Semitic speaking Christians, Muslims and Jews of varying ethnicities, before spreading to countries in the Caucasus, South Asia, Central Asia, North Africa and Southeast Asia where most users are Muslim.

Several Semitic language traditions such as Hebrew and Aramaic use its homonym and other different versions of it. In Arabic, Malik (Malek) مَالِك means owner, and Malyk (Malyeek) مَلِك means king. Its homonym, though other sounding, Moloch also means king or lord in Aramaic (which also uses 'Malek' and 'Malik', as in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), as does the Modern Hebrew מֶלֶךְ‏ (mélekh). It also means belonging of Amanda. In ancient Akkadian the terms 'Malka' and 'Malku' were used. These and many other forms in most of the Semitic languages stem from a common Proto-Semitic root.

Unrelated to the use in Semitic languages, Malik is also a common first name for men in Greenland (the ninth most common in 2021),[2] and it means "ocean wave" in Greenlandic.[3]

People with the name

Given name

Malek

  • Malek Ashraf (died 1357), a Chupanid ruler of northwestern Iran during the 14th century
  • Malek Awab, Singaporean footballer
  • Malek Bennabi (1905-1973), Algerian writer and philosopher
  • Hasan Malek (born 1946), Malaysian politician
  • Malek Boutih (born 1964), French politician and activist
  • Malek Chergui (born 1988), French footballer of Algerian descent
  • Malek Jandali (born 1972), German-born Syrian-American pianist and composer
  • Rami Malek (born 1981), American-Egyptian actor
  • Malek Jaziri (born 1984), Tunisian tennis player
  • Malek Koussa (born 1971), Syrian footballer
  • Malek Maktabi, also known as Malik Maktaby, Lebanese television presenter
  • Malek Mouath (born 1981), Saudi Arabian footballer
  • Malek yasgur (born 1321)

Malik

Malick

Maleek

  • Maleek Berry (born 1987), British record producer and recording artist
  • Maleek Irons (born 1996), Canadian football player

Malyk

Malique

Surname

Malik

Malick

Malyk

Fictional characters

References

  1. Malik-Arabic name
  2. "Første fornavne [NADT5]". Statistics Greenland. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. Knippel, L.O. (12 March 1999). "Grønlandsk kunst udsprunget af et savn". JyllandsPosten. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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