as a Last Name
- 8,207
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Molloy
Meaning & Origins
Irish: 1. shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuaidh ‘descendant of Maolmhuadh’, a personal name composed of the elements maol ‘chieftain’ + muadh ‘noble’, ‘grand’, ‘big’. 2. shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Aodha ‘descendant of the devotee of Aodh’ (see McCoy). 3. reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Mhaodhóg ‘descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Maodhóg’. Compare Logue. 4. variant of Mulvihill and Slowey.
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Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,207
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Molloy per capita
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