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Re: Maliyah
It looks like a respelling of Malia influenced by Aaliyah.

ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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That is the most likely explanation, but Maliyah could also be a respelling of Arabic Malîha, "praising".
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