"Traditional Persian name"
The name Maleki is commonly a male name from the "Persian" origin.
Maleki matches a Persian family name built from malek, king, plus the relational suffix -i, giving the sense of the king or royal. In Iran it is a surname rather than an established given name. Its use as a boy's first name in the United States, where it enters birth records in 2000, is consistent with surnames being taken as first names.
The pronunciation of Maleki is muh-LEH-kee.
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