Comments for MALIA:

I love this name. I named my Daughter this but I also respelled it. I spell it Maliah and my husband wants it spelled Maliyah.

-- Anonymous User  4/20/2005

Also spelled Melia.

-- Anonymous User  5/7/2005

Malia is Hawaiian for dolphin.

-- BethanyE  12/20/2005

I've also heard it pronounced molly-ah.

-- Mommy2B  6/2/2006

This is a beautiful name, one of my future daughters. It's pronounced mah-LEE-ah. NOT molly-ah. That's Maleah.

-- Patchy-Macy  7/2/2006

You say Malia like ma-leah. I cannot tell you the many different ways that people try to say my name. It's really annoying. Malia means star of the sea and also calm waters. Not dolphin. And Melia is a flower.

-- snowy757  7/30/2006

Malia is not the Hawaiian form of Mary. It means calm and peaceful.

-- sschilling99  3/16/2007

Malia Obama is one of Barack Obama's daughters.

-- earthnut  1/9/2008

I really like this name now, though it had to grow on me a bit. My niece is named this in honor of her grandmas Marcea and Lisa. The name Malia has such a pretty sound to it. My niece is such a sweet little girl, her name fits her well. Her nicknames are Leah, Mia, May and Ali.

-- mom2zeke  5/18/2008

I have a feeling this name will quickly become more popular, considering that Obama was elected President. Obama has a daughter named Malia.

-- Coffeebean  11/11/2008

It looks like Malaria, not a pretty name.

-- becca_marciano  1/15/2009

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