Malia
[məˈliːə]Meaning
Hawaiian form of Maria
Background Story
Malia is the Hawaiian form of Maria. It is also recorded in use as a given name in other languages, with the variants Maleah, Maliyah and Malea. The name saw a spike in popularity in 2009, owing to Malia Obama, the eldest daughter, born in 1998, of the American president Barack Obama.
Related Names
Maiya
No documented meaning in the sources checked
Maleah
A variant of the name Malia
Manja
Diminutive of Marija, used independently
Meera
Alternate transcription of the Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada name Mira
Megan
Welsh diminutive of Margaret, from Greek margarítēs, "pearl"
Mette
Danish diminutive of Margaret
Milva
Italian feminine given name; stage name of singer Maria Ilva Biolcati
Minya
English name from Arabic المِنْيَا (al-minyā)
Mirja
Finnish form of Miriam.
Mirka
Diminutive of Miroslava and other names containing the Slavic element mirŭ, "peace" or "world"