Malec

See also: malec and maleć

English

Etymology 1

From Czech, Polish, and Slovak Malec.

Proper noun

Malec (plural Malecs)

1. A surname from Czech, Slovak, or Polish.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Malets, Maletz

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Malec is the 15964^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1819 individuals. Malec is most common among White (94.45%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Malec”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 497.

Etymology 2

Blend of Magnus +‎ Alec.

Proper noun

Malec

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from The Shadowhunter Chronicles franchise.
   • 2016, Isaiah Mustafa, quoted in Aleksander Tomovic, "Isaiah Mustafa", Bello, January 2016, page 34:

     I think the fans of the book are really going to be excited about the "Malec" relationship.

   • 2018 May, “Hollywood Tea News”, in Cinespirit Magazine, page 80:

     Shadowhunters season 3 has been such a blessing for Malec fans.

   • 2019, The Red Scrolls of Magic review, Kirkus Reviews, 15 February 2019, page 143:

     "Malec" shippers will clamor for installments to come.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Malec.

Anagrams

• Camel, calme, camel, macle

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalɛt͡s]

Proper noun

Malec m anim (female equivalent Malcová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Malec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Malec	Malcové
genitive	Malce	Malců
dative	Malcovi	Malcům
accusative	Malce	Malce
vocative	Malče	Malcové
locative	Malcovi	Malcích
instrumental	Malcem	Malci

Further reading

• “Malec”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

From Polish malec (“small boy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.lɛt͡s/
• Rhymes: -alɛt͡s
• Syllabification: Ma‧lec
• Homophone: malec

Proper noun

Malec m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Malec

	singular	plural
nominative	Malec	Malcowie
genitive	Malca	Malców
dative	Malcowi	Malcom
accusative	Malca	Malców
instrumental	Malcem	Malcami
locative	Malcu	Malcach
vocative	Malcze	Malcowie

Proper noun

Malec f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Malec”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022