Mulvey

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilmhiadhaigh (“descendant of Maoilmhiadhach”), a personal name composed of the elements maol (“servant, devotee”) + miadhach (“honorable”).

Proper noun

Mulvey (countable and uncountable, plural Mulveys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Derived terms

• Mulveyan

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mulvey is the 8389^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3945 individuals. Mulvey is most common among White (95.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mulvey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 633.