Where the spelling 말리크 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 말리크 for Malik.
People in the list with this given name:
- 산초, 제이던 (말리크) — Sancho, Jadon (Malik)
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Malik as 말리크, although the general rule gives 맬릭.
Other possible spellings
말리크 is also NIKL’s spelling of the Arabic name Malik.
What Malik means
Malik by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 622, 28,807 babies (0.3% girls, 99.7% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 말리크: 1.
Korean names for Malik
These are the converter’s results for Malik as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
김미르Kim MireuBoy’s name · 47% sound matchNative Korean word: 미르 = dragon
김민기Kim MingiBoy’s name · 44% sound match
김민재Kim MinjaeBoy’s name · 38% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Malik means.
Your name means: 지도자 · leader (from Arabic مَلِك)
김수Kim SuBoy’s name
김민수Kim MinsuBoy’s name
김이수Kim IsuUsed for boys and girls
김은수Kim EunsuUsed for boys and girls
김말리크Kim MallikeuYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics