English Explanatory Dictionary

Molloy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Molloy Molloys Malloy Mulloy

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolmhuaidh (“descendant of Maolmhuadh”), a personal name composed of maol (“chieftain”) + muadh (“noble, big”). It could also be an Anglicized form of Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Maodhóg”); compare Logue.

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