Malory
A girls’ name of Old French origin, meaning unlucky, ill-fated.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Malory by the numbers
Malory was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 85 babies in 1987, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malory. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malloryunfortunate; ill-fated; from a surname556 in the US (2017)
- Melodysong, music2,046 in the US (2017)
- Malkymy king; diminutive or variant of Malachi21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malorieunfortunate, unlucky; a form of Mallory32 in the US (2017)
- Marjorypearl; a form of Margaret11 in the US (2017)
- Malleydescendant of Maolmhuaidh, Irish surname9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Malory
Names that are said the same way as Malory, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Malory
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