# Maloney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,988

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States.

## Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh (“descendant of the devotee of Sunday”), from maol (“devotee”) and Domhnach (“Sunday”).

## Easily confused with
- **money** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maloney-vs-money)
- **Mooney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maloney-vs-mooney)
- **masonry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maloney-vs-masonry)
- **Malone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malone-vs-maloney)
- **Mahoney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahoney-vs-maloney)

## Common misspellings (10)
`amloney`, `malloney`, `malnoey`, `maloeny`, `maloneyy`, `malonney`, `malonye`, `maolney`, `mlaoney`, `mmaloney`

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