Malis Family History
Malis Name Meaning
Polish: from the adjective mały ‘small little’ (see below). In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the variants Małys Małysz and Malisz. Compare Malish . Czech Slovak and Croatian (Mališ): nickname for a physically small man derived from Czech and Slovak malý Croatian mali ‘small little’ or based on Croatian mališ ‘little one’. Compare Malish . Jewish (from Ukraine): metronymic a variant of Malin with the Yiddish possessive suffix -s.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022