Mallory
English
Etymology
From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”)[1] (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).
Proper noun
Mallory
- An English surname from Old French
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- (cryptography, computer security) The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
- Synonym: Mallet
Derived terms
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mallory”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- English surnames from Old French
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from surnames
- English female given names
- English female given names from surnames
- English unisex given names
- English unisex given names from surnames
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