Malley.
A surname from Irish.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Irish.
Where this word comes from
* As an Irish surname, shortened form of O'Malley. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in France named Mailly, from Latin Mallius, a nomen. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, Americanized from Mlej; see Malay. Similar Slavic variants exist such as Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý, Slovene Malý; see Maly. * Also as a Slovene and Slovak surname, from Malej; see Maley.
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