What Does The Name Malachi Mean?

My sons name is Malachi James I named him that after Malachi meaning "The messenger" and James meaning "Faith" So together it means Messenger of Faith & His father is a pastor... So it went perfectly... :)

The word 'Malachi' is considered as a masculine word and the meaning that can be figured out from the word is the 'messenger of god'. It is believed that the word is come from the Hebrew language and has its Biblical use also; the word is dedicated to the writer and prophet who were believed to write the final book of the Old Testament. The word is also attributed to a twelfth century saint who belonged to Ireland. There was an author also who is known to the world with the name of Malachi Martin.

Though the name of the author starts with the word but usually the word 'Malachi' is used as a surname and you can consider it as a popular surname.

The word is not alone but it has its siblings also and you can find the words Malakia, Malaki and Maleki as the variant of the word Malachi.

Malachy with a y not an I, is a well known Irish first name which means messenger of God and is prounced Mal-a-key, never Mal-a-kai. The Irish have a St Malachy, actually Maelmhaedhoc, but Malachy is easier to pronounce even for the Irish. It is also the name of Malachy McCourt, the Irish American author, radio host and barkeep. In fact, there is a well known bar in NYC named Malachy's.  McCourt co-wrote the play A Couple of Blaguards with his writer brother Frank McCourt.