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Malachy (M)>

Malachy (male)

Can be spelt:Malachi (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes: Irish from Hebrew "my messenger"; OT Book of Malachi.

An alternative source is from an early Irish king whose name derived from Gaelic "servant of St Seachnall".