Malaysia

Meaning

Malaysia is a female given name and is of Latin origin. It means the country Malaysia, Land of Malays. Pronounced as mə-LAY-zhə, the name is in the top 750 of U.S birth chart of the year 2022 and not in the top 1000 of NameChef Most Popular Baby Names.

One of the baby names that has been well inspired by a country, is Malaysia. Malaysia is a multicultural country in Southeast Asia. The name Malaysia is a combination of the word “Malays” and “-ia”, a Latin-Greek suffix, which translates them into “land of Malays”. It has been a while that it is being used as a person's name in the US. It even got into the top 1000 baby girl names for the first time in 2011. Malaysia ranked 622th in 2020, with 465 baby girls named after the country.

Here are some potential nicknames for Malaysia: Mel, May, Lacey, Asia. See below for more.

Origin

Latin

Gender

Malaysia is a girl's name.

Common Nicknames

Asia, Lacey, Malay, May, Mel

Pronunciation

mə-LAY-zhə (Listen)

Syllables

3

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