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Malik

Boy name · 82 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Malik: 82 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 11 births in 2020.

Rooted in Arabic, Malik means “king” or “owner,” and appears as an epithet for God in Islamic tradition. It also has a separate origin as a Hebrew name meaning “counsel” or “king.” Among notable bearers is the influential 8th-century scholar Malik ibn Anas, founder of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence. In modern times, the name gained pop-culture recognition through singer Zayn Malik and actor Malik Yoba. While no major places are named after a bearer, the word appears across the Middle East in compounds such as “Malik al-Ashtar.”