# Maley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #96,187

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
* As an Irish surname, variant of Malley, see O'Malley.
* As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, variant of Mljec, from млєц (mljec, “to mill”), from Proto-Slavic *melti.
* As a Czech and Slovak (Malý), Polish (Mały, Maly), and Slovene surname (Mali), from *malъ (“little, small”). Compare Maly.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maley