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Meaning & Origins
Especially North American: transferred use of the surname, which originated as a Norman French nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French malheure ‘unhappy’ or ‘unlucky’. Use as a boy's name dates from the 17th century and has always been infrequent, but as a girl's name it is well established in North America and is also occasionally found in Britain.
| 1,142nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Americanized spelling of Dutch Quackenbosch, a topographic name from Dutch quaak ‘swamp’ (cognate with the English word quagmire) + bosch ‘woodland’, ‘wilderness’.
| 7,447th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Mallorie, Mallori, Mallary, Mallery, Mallor, Mallari, Mallarie, Malloree, Mallerie, Mallorey
Quach, Quakenbush, Quackenboss, Quackenbus, Quack, Quackenbos, Quaco, Quackenbusch, Quaca, Quaccia
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