Iamblichus is a masculine given name documented in English and Latin. English Wiktionary traces it to Aramaic ימלכו via Latin and Koine Greek.
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Borrowed from Latin Iamblichus, from Koine Greek Ἰάμβλιχος (Iámblikhos), from Aramaic ימלכו (Yamlīḵū), perhaps originally a causative form of the verb מלך (mlk, “to rule”).
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