Malachy (given name)

Malachy is a given name of Irish origin.

Notable bearers of the name include:


 * Saint Malachy (1095–1148), Archbishop of Armagh and first native-born Irish saint
 * Malachy of Ireland (fl. 1279–1300), theologian and archbishop
 * Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid, 9th-century High King of Ireland, also known as Malachy I
 * Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, also known as Malachy II
 * Malachy Carey (1956–1992), Irish republican
 * Malachy Coney, Northern Irish comics writer and cartoonist
 * Malachy Conlon (d. 1950), Northern Irish politician
 * Malachy Bowes Daly (1836–1920), Canadian politician
 * Malachy John Goltok (1965–2015), Nigerian Catholic bishop
 * Malachy Higgins (born 1944), Northern Irish Lord Justice of Appeal
 * Malachy Hitchins (1741–1809), Cornish astronomer and cleric
 * Malachy Kilbride, Irish-American activist
 * Malachy "Mal" Loye, English cricket player
 * Malachy E. Mannion (born 1953), American judge
 * Malachy McCourt (1931–2024), Irish-American actor, writer and politician
 * Malachy McGurran (1938–1978), Irish republican
 * Malachy Ó Caollaidhe (d. 1645), Irish Catholic archbishop
 * Malachy Ikechukwu Okwueze (born 1962), Nigerian professor of religion and ethics
 * Malachy O'Rourke, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
 * Malachy Postlethwayt (1707–1767), British economist and lexicographer
 * Malachy Salter (1715–1781), Nova Scotian merchant and office-holder convicted of sedition
 * Malachy Sheridan (1966–2002), Irish bobsledder
 * Malachy Sullivan (1893–1967), American Catholic priest, collegiate instructor, and football coach
 * Malachy Tallack (born 1980), Shetland singer-songwriter, journalist and author
 * Malachy Travers, Irish hurler
 * Middle name
 * Ivor Malachy Bell (born 1936/1937), Irish republican
 * Joseph Malachy Kavanagh (1856–1918), Irish painter
 * Robert Malachy Burke (1907–1998), Irish Christian socialist and philanthropist
 * William Malachy Burke (1819–1879), Irish physician and Registrar General
 * Other
 * Malachy Costello, fictional character from the Irish soap opera Fair City
 * Malachy Fisher, fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
 * Malachy Malone, fictional character from the American soap opera Ryan's Hope
 * Palacegarden Malachy, winner of the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show