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I think only certain people can pull that name off.

I really like the name, but wouldn't use it because of the meaning. Call me superstitious, but I'd be afraid that naming my little girl that would be unlucky!

It's a male name to me, simply because it's derived from the male form of the French word meaning "unlucky, unfortunate". (French, unlike English, is a gendered language. That's why we say a man with yellow hair is a "blond", but a woman with yellow hair is a "blonde".)

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I like Mallory's sound, but it's, er, unfortunate meaning is a big drawback. (And it doesn't have the benefit of timelessness that Claudia or Cecilia have.) Also it sounds surnamey to me.

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Overall, it's nms but I wouldn't mind it for someone else's child... as long as that child was a boy! :-p

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Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane Dennis

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Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.

It's very 1980's to me, I guess because of the character on Family Ties. I have known a few babies/little girls by this name since then, but it still feels dated and also unattractive imo. :(

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~Heather~

I like it. I'm not trying to be rude but the first thing that popped into my mind when I saw the name was ducks. But after erasing that image I said it out loud and thought hmmm sounds nice. Blah though I'm just warning you this name could tend to cause alot of mentions of ducks in your childs life. Or maybe I'm just a weirdo. *_*

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My Favorite Names:

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Girls: Sabriel, Serafina, Augustine, Ravenna, Leona, Iona, Fiona, Quintessa, Arianna, Adele (ah-dhe-LEE), Gwenivere, Genevieve, Kathryn, Shilia, Catriona, and Keira

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Boys: Keiran, Quintin, Quinlan, Aidan, Kaidan, Killian, Lochlan, Cleon, Xavier, Ainsley, Finley, and Malachi

I like the name itself, but I wouldn't use it because of the meaning. It's not even the fact that the meaning is negative, but rather the fact that the negative Latin root has been heavily incorporated into our language and even more heavily incorporated into languages such as Spanish and French that are at least somewhat familiar to many Americans. But I give Mallory credit for having real historical roots; this is not another Jaylynne. I think a bad meaning is better than meaning nothing.

It's OK. Not a favorite, but I don't find it horrible.

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Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here? - "Gladiator"

It's close to "malheur", "unhappiness", and it has a bad meaning...

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

Unlike everyone else, I think it's a cute name. I know a sweet little girl named Mallory.

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I randomly made up some combinations:

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Mallory Christine
Mallory Jeanne
Mallory Katharine
Mallory Kathleen
Mallory Jade
Mallory Suzanna (or Susannah, Susanna)
Mallory Siobhan (shi-VAWN)
Mallory Alexia
Mallory Abigail
Mallory Hope
Mallory Faith
Mallory Joy
Mallory Patience
Mallory Charity
Mallory Chastity
Mallory Chassidy (CHAS-ih-dee)

It's really nms. I don't care for the way it looks or sounds, sorry.

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Hannah

It is too surnamey for me and its meaning isnt very attractive

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A childs smile is worth more to me than Gold