Given name & surname

O'malley

“noble”

O'Malley is a surname from Irish.

Original IrishÓ Máille

Meaning & origin

What it means

O'Malley goes back to a word meaning “noble.”

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Where it comes from

O'Malley comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

O'malley’s family of names

In English usage, O'malley as a surname has a short form in MALLEY. In English usage, O'malley as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Azerbaijani form OʼMelli. In English usage, O'malley as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Irish form Ó Máille.

Walk O'malley’s family in the name graph

O'malleyMalleyÓ MáilleО'МалліО’Мэлли오말리オマリーΟ’ΜάλιOʼMelliأومالي

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

O'malley has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.

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Irishwhere O'malley comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

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