Malachy?

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Good or not?

love aslong as it key not ki!

I don't like it at all.
It doesn't help that it makes me think of the character from Children of The Corn.

That name is in a novel I've recently read, but I can't for the life of me think of the title.

For some reason it makes me think 'discontented'. Is that the meaning?

Linguistically it has a nice sound, with Mal for a nickname...

love it.

My son's best friend is called Malachy. He is fabulous and it really suits him. Love it.

Not keen...

Is this a wind up?

Love it

Not a wind up scooby - perfectly legitimate Irish name (mind you, I like it and I'm not Irish)

Love it.

very good! Makes me smile and think of Malarkey.

the only malachy I've met personally was a little thug which rather put me off

There are 2 of them in my kids school, both lovely little livewires!

Like!

As I am wholly ignorant of Irish names, to me it looks like Malachi gone badly awry.

never heard of it. Not a fan. Sounds like Malachite, that odd green stone

I like it, prefer Malachi spelling though.

my mum's cousin is called Malachy, I'd always assumed it was a gaelic name. he must be about 80 now. Have very fond memories of doing "the twist" with him at 70/80s weddings in Ireland. He was a "pionneer",& wore little lapel badge which showed he didn't drink. An absolute gentleman and , in my opinion, a lovely name.

wish i had had the guts to pick smething unusual like this...think it's fab.

is it pronounced the same as malachi? if so, i love it, i know a few and they are gorgeous

nn being mal, mally and kai (and moo moo but we won't go there)

bananalover, its completely usual round here!

scooby, why would it be a wind up, completely normal name and would go really well with surname!

It seems to come from an Irish name which is the disciple of some saint, or with an "i" is a hebrew name. Doesn't mean "discontented" as far as I can see. DH's family all from Ireland originally, though we are not Irish at all.

Not keen on it being shortened though as our surname is one syllable, which makes choosing names tricky (not to mention the fact that it is also a noun, so have to be really careful!).

I do really like it.

It means 'My Messanger' in Hebrew which suits given he was a prophet - both Malachy and Malachi.

I've known one Malachy who was very personable so I have very positive associations with it.

I love it but dh not so keen. Really like it though, especially with a y.