Mallory - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Mallory \m(a)-llo-

, also used as boy's name Mallory, is pronounced MAL-or-ee. It is of Old French origin, and its meaning is "unlucky". Surname that became used as a girl's name during the 1980s due to the character Mallory on the TV series "Family Ties".

Mallory has 13 variant forms: Allerie, Mallary, Mallerey, Mallery, Malloree, Malloreigh, Mallorey, Mallori, Mallorie, Malorey, Malori, Malorie and Malory.

A baby name that sounds like Mallory is Meliora.

Mallory is a very common first name for women (#812 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#2091 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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