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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmæləɹi/
  • Hyphenation: Mal‧lo‧ry

Proper noun

Mallory

  1. An English surname from Old French.
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  3. (cryptography, computer security) The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
    Synonym: Mallet

Derived terms

References
  1. Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mallory”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 499.

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