Mallory
English edit
Etymology edit
From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”)[1] (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mallory
- An English surname from Old French.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- (cryptography, computer security) The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
- Synonym: Mallet
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mallory”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.