Entry № 6345 · Hebrew origin

Malka Malka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAHL-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Queen"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "queen".

Malka (מַלְכָּה) is the Hebrew and Yiddish word for "queen." Used as a feminine name throughout Jewish history.

Malka is widely used in observant Jewish communities. The character Malka in Tony Kushner's Angels in America is a notable literary bearer.

Queen. The Hebrew-Yiddish word.

The name in its native script.

מַלְכָּה
Transliteration
Malkāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑːl.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Malka stands.

Malka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Malkas before her.

Real people
Malka Leifer
Israeli-Australian.
In fiction
Malka
Character in Angels in America.
1991 play

Names connected to Malka.

The number behind Malka.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Malka reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.