Molloy

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Molloy

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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.

proper noun Molloys · Malloy · Mulloy

A surname from Irish. Connor Barron, Kelle Roos and Anthony Stewart will all leave Aberdeen this summer but the Dons have signed defender Gavin Molloy and forward Peter Ambrose.

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@misc{molloy_2026,
  title = {Molloy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/molloy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}