Malia

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Malia is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name20K records spelled Malia8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Malïa, Mãlia, Mālīā, Mālia, Mãlíã

• Portuguese given name17K records spelled Malia10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, El Salvador, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Malía, Malìa, Mália, Mālia, Màlia

• Hindi name3.8K records spelled Malia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Mália

• a separate name3.1K records spelled Malia5 spellings in the group

  Also written Malía, Màlia, Malià, Mália

• Indonesian surname2.3K records spelled Malia3 spellings in the group

  Also written Malia'

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Malia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ) Malie: weibl. Vom., Kurzform von Amalia (

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In English, A passerine bird endemic to Sulawesi, of species Malia grata.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Hawaiian, a female given name originating from the Bible

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, partitive singular of mali

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, charm, enchantment

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 75 years between 1919–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Malia Scotch Marmob. 1957USAmerican screenwriter
• June Maliab. 1970INIndian actress
• Malia Jonesb. 1977USUruguayo
• Malia Metellab. 1982FRFrench swimmer
• Malia Arrayahb. 1990USAmerican actress
• Malia Obamab. 1998USdaughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama
• Malia Berkelyb. 1998USAmerican soccer player
• Malia Pylesb. 2000USAmerican actress
• Noelani Malia Dayb. 2003TOswimming athlete from Tonga
• Malia Bakerb. 2006CACanadian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 496 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Malia?

Our records include 110,569 bearers of Malia across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Malia have the most bearers?

Malia is most frequently recorded in Saudi Arabia, where it is most often spelled malia.

What does the name Malia mean?

Recorded meaning: habitational name from a place called Malia or Mallia.