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-Semiticroot.
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
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-Semiticroot.
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