Malik (name)

Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk (Arabic: مَالِك or مَلِك) (Urdu: مالک) (/ˈmælɪk/) is a given name of Arabic origin.[1] It is both used as first name and surname mainly in several Muslim countries and communities.

Malik
PronunciationArabic: [maː.lɪk]
"Ma-Lick"
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
or Greenlandic (unrelated)
MeaningOwner (مَالِك)
King (مَلِك)
Wave (Greenlandic)
Other names
Alternative spellingMalek, Maleek, Malick, Maalek, Mallik, Malyk
Related namesMalik, Melech

Several Semitic language traditions uses 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, as does the Modern Hebrew מֶלֶךְ‏ (mélekh). These and many other forms in most of the Semitic languages stem from a common Proto-Semitic root.

People with the name

Malik

Malick

Maleek

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

Malyk

Malik

Malick

  • Andy Malick (born unknown), An underground artist
  • Peter Malick (born 1951), American musician
  • Terrence Malick (born 1943), American director
  • Wendie Malick (born 1950), American actress and fashion model

Fictional characters

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