The mallet Surname
mallet Name Meaning and History
- French: from a pet form of the personal name Malo (see Malo 1).
- French: variant of Malette.
- French, Catalan and English: from French, English, and Catalan mallet ‘hammer’, Old French ma(i)let, diminutive of ma(i)l (Latin malleus) either a metonymic occupational name for a smith, or possibly a nickname for a fearsome warrior.
- French and English: nickname for an unlucky person, from Old French maleit ‘accursed’ (Latin maledictus, the opposite of benedictus ‘blessed’).
- English: from the medieval female personal name Malet, a diminutive of Mal(le) (see Mall).
- English: variant of Mallard 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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