Malek (in

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

مالك) is a masculine Arabic

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It also denotes king written (in

ملك or

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

ملک). Notable people with the name include: * Malek Ashraf (died 1357), a Chupanid ruler of northwestern Iran during the 14th century *

Malek Awab Malek bin Awab is a Singaporean former Football (soccer), footballer who played as a midfielder in the 1980s and 1990s. Malek Awab also once held the record for the most number of international caps for his country, Singapore (121 caps). F ...

, Singaporean footballer * Malek Bennabi (1905-1973), Algerian writer and philosopher * Malek Boutih (born 1964), French politician and activist * Malek Chergui (born 1988), French footballer of Algerian descent *

Malek Jandali Malek Jandali (, ) (born 1972) is a West Germany, West German-born Syrian-Americans, American composer and pianist, whose music integrates Middle-Eastern modes and Arabic maqams into Western structures of classical music. He is the founder of th ...

(born 1972), German-born Syrian-American pianist and composer *

Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri (; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian former professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circ ...

(born 1984), Tunisian tennis player * Malek Koussa (born 1971), Syrian footballer * Malek Maktabi, also known as Malik Maktaby, Lebanese television presenter * Malek ِAlolayan (born 1981), Saudi Arabian footballer

See also