# Mallory

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmæləɹi/ · frequency rank #23,895

## Definitions
1. An English surname from Old French.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3. The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).

## Easily confused with
- **Malloy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mallory-vs-malloy)
- **Mellor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mallory-vs-mellor)
- **Molloy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mallory-vs-molloy)
- **mallard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mallard-vs-mallory)
- **Mallorca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mallorca-vs-mallory)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amllory`, `mallorry`, `malloryy`, `malloyr`, `mallroy`, `malolry`, `malory`, `mlalory`, `mmallory`

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