Malley

See also: malley

English

Alternative forms

• Maley, Mally, Mealey, Mealy

Etymology

• 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.

Proper noun

Malley (plural Malleys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Malley is the 8313^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3986 individuals. Malley is most common among White (92.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Malley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.

Anagrams

• lamely, maleyl, mellay