Given name & surname

Mallow

“from the river Allo”

Mallow is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “woman from the river; resembling the flowering plant” and “from the river Allo”. These may reflect different naming traditions.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Interpretations include “woman from the river; resembling the flowering plant” and “from the river Allo”. These may reflect different naming traditions.

Where it comes from

Mallow comes from Irish.

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How it developed

From Irish meallach.

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Mallow’s family of names

Mallow has a related form in Mallo. Mallow has a related form in Malloe. Mallow has a related form in Mallowe.

Walk Mallow’s family in the name graph

MallowMalowMalloeMalloMaloeMaloweMallowe

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 6

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Mallow, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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“a friend of the sea”

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Marvynne

“a friend of the sea”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Mallow’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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