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Name Malory
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Anglo-Norman, English
Scripts maleuree, maleuret, malhouré, malloré, maloré, maloree, maloret; malouré, malueré, maluered, maluré, maluree
Other Forms FormsMallory
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Meaning & History
The older variant of the surname Mallory. Originally an Anglo-Norman byname for an unfortunate or unhappy person, from the Old French word "maleuré" meaning "unfortunate", "wretched" "wicked". mal meaning "bad/evil" and eur meaning "fortune". This was the surname of Sir Thomas Malory, the 15th century English writer and author of "Le Morte D'Arthur", a compilation of Arthurian Romances, in may cases translated from the original French of the Anglo-Norman court.