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molloy

/mˈɑlɔɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
mol-loy
IPA
/mˈɑlɔɪ/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolmhuaidh (“descendant of Maolmhuadh”), a personal name composed of maol (“chieftain”) + muadh (“noble, big”). It could also be an Anglicized form of Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of the servant of (Saint) Maodhóg”); compare Logue.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Maolmhuaidh

Inflected Forms

Molloys (plural) Malloy (alternative) Mulloy (alternative)

Rhymes With

aloi

Questions

How do you pronounce molloy?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɑlɔɪ/.
What does molloy mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does molloy come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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