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1) Latin spelling of the Arabic name ملائكة (Mala'ikah), a variant form (plural) of Malak [1]
2) Swahili name meaning 'angel' [2]
See Malak
Malaika is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[3] |
|
76 | 143 | 76 | 143 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[4] |
|
135 | n.a. |
135 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Finland[5] |
|
n.a. |
42 | n.a. |
42 | 0 | 0 |
Iceland[6] |
|
1 | 2 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[7] |
|
92 | n.a. |
92 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[8] |
|
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |