Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoil Eoin ‘descendant
of the devotee of (Saint) John’. This is the name of an ecclesiastical
family at Clonmacnoise. MacLysaght states that this surname is now
numerous in County Clare where it is pronounced Maloon and is probably
really Muldoon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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