# Malley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #70,866

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## 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.

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