So what are your suggestions on how to spell [name_m]Malik[/name_m] (pro. [name_u]Mal[/name_u]-lick) differently so that people don’t pronounce it Ma-LEAK which my hubby and I both hate? We thought of maybe Malach like [name_m]Malachi[/name_m] with out the I? Any opinions?
I have a cousin with this name, it is spelled ‘[name_m]Maliq[/name_m]’.
I don’t really like it, but it might be what you’re looking for 
Maybe [name_m]Malick[/name_m]?
You’re looking for [name_m]Malak[/name_m].
Due to my horrible pronunciation, I would pronounce Malach ‘mal-latch’. I second [name_m]Malak[/name_m].
I have a friend named [name_m]Malik[/name_m] so yes, definitely NOT the way to spell it if you want to avoid that pronunciation. I agree that it has to be [name_m]Malak[/name_m].
[name_m]Malik[/name_m] is the surname of Zayn in One Direction - he pronounces it [name_u]Mal[/name_u]-lick.
[name_m]Malik[/name_m] is such a lovely name though. In Greenlandic it means “wave” and is pronounced ma-LIK/ma-LICH.