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Oof, it does seem to be an attempt to spell Malachi so that unfamiliar people don't say "mal-a-kee." I can't think of anything else it could be, unless your fb friend just has the spelling wrong. IMO spelling it conventionally and correcting new people gently is far more dignified than spelling the name as a sort of rebus. You only have to learn to pronounce a name correctly once, if it's spelled right, and you've got it forever. But having to learn a unique spelling, regardless of how you pronounced it at first, is distracting. =\