name
Malik
MAH-lik
ˈmɑːlɪkListen
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Syllable breakdown
Malik
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Kalaallisut (Greenland)
- Meaning
- a Kalaallisut masculine name meaning wave or the swell of the sea; evoking the power, rhythm, and unpredictability of the Arctic Ocean that defines Greenlandic geography and culture; the sea is both provider and danger for Greenlandic hunters, and names evoking its force convey strength and the intimate relationship between human communities and the marine environment; distinct from the Arabic Malik (king), the Greenlandic Malik is rooted in the indigenous Inuit relationship with the sea
- Gender
- male
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