Comments for the name Malachi

Malachi was he name of the red-haired goon in the 80s horror flick "Children of the Corn." (He was Isaac's right hand man, though they were only children -- a sort of second in command in an evil hierarchy.)

It's too bad, because the pop-culture reference always seems to come up when this name is mentioned in social settings (for my generation, anyway). **Funny note: No one ever seems to mention the same movie reference when someone is named Isaac. I wonder why -- probably because Malachi is a much less common name and, therefore, more identifiable with a single character.**

It's sort of like the name Damien; these two names will forever be associated with the thought of an evil little boy. It's a shame...

I think it's an otherwise *awesome* name. Of Biblical names, it's one of my favorites.

No, it means "my angel".

It's one of the best names around and will never die. It's very masculine. I used to pronounce this name mal-A-chee. I hated it then, but, when I heard the true pronunciation, I grew to love it.

The Hebrew pronunciation of this name is mah-lah-khee.

This name has grown on me, the meaning of the name is very nice. I have seen the name Kai used as a nickname for this name which I thought was nice.

My cousin spells it M-A-L-I-K-A-I-H.

Whoa. I always thought this was pronounced Ma-latchee.

Malachi is the name of the son of witch Cassie Hughes and a demon named Azazeal in the Sky television show "HEX".

Malachi is a cute name.

I once read about a little boy named Malachi who would go to demonstrate in front of abortion clinics and rant against gays with his crazy parents. It sort of figures people who drag their children to demonstrations and picketing events like that would use this Biblical, foreign-sounding name on their poor kids.

I know only one Malachi, and he is a baby. For the very reason of its rarity, I like this name.

I can't take this name seriously because of the character Malachi in the web cartoon Making Fiends.

The Greek for 'My Messenger' is:
αγγελιοφόρο μου

Pronounced mal-ah-KHEE in Hebrew.

This name is ugly, pathetic, and sounds like a name that fundamentalist Christians would name their son. The horror movie association is even worse.

I am unsure why there are such hateful comments about this name (or such bigoted comments about Christianity which is completely irrelevant on a name website).

I think the name is cool because it is unusual and the meaning is sweet - "my angel." I also like the nickname "Chi" or "Kai" as someone else noted. I have known one person named Malachi and his nickname was "Mal", which I don't care for as well as "Chi."

This is a very interesting name. I love the meaning, of course. If I ever get a chance to, maybe I'll use it as a middle name.

I really like the meaning of this name. And growing up in church I always knew the pronunciation. It's a book of the Bible in the Old Testament.

My cousin is named Malachi. He is not Christian. Whoever thinks Malachi is only a Christian name is wrong.

Easton's Bible Dictionary observes that, since Malachi is a Hebrew word which means my messenger, that the Old Testament book bearing the name of Malachi is now thought by some commentators to be merely the title of the person bringing the message - rather than a specific name for a specific individual. Other commentators, however, believe that the name of Malachi was also the name of a specific prophet whose prophecies came to be well known about B.C. 420, after the second return of Nehemiah from Persia.

The Greek for Malachi is as follows:
Μαλαχίας

Phonetically, the Greek for Malachi is as follows:
Malachías

The Greek for My Messenger is as follows:
αγγελιοφόρος μου

Phonetically, the Greek for My Messenger is as follows:
Angeliofóros mou

I suppose I like this name. It sounds very evil, like an evil genius would be named Malachi.

In the book The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey, (spoilers) Malachi was the sole survivor of an Anthropophagi attack and becomes central to the plot of the story.

This name will forever and always remind me of Children of the Corn. That's kind of a shame, because I like it.