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Origin Of The Surname Maloney
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Meaning Of The Surname Maloney
Descendant of the Tonsured Religious One
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Interesting
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Maloney
Maloney is a surname of Gaelic origin and is the anglicised form of the Old Gaelic name O’Maoldhamhnaigh. The prefixed ‘O’ in this name denotes that it is patronymic. Traditionally, Gaelic patronymic surnames were given to pass down the name of a clan chieftain or a revered elder. In this case the name being passed down is the masculine name Maoldhamhnaigh, made up of the Gaelic elements ‘mad’ meaning bald and referring to a person who had tonsured hair to show their devotion to god and indifference to vanity, and ‘domhnach’ referring to the church. The bearer would have been a man of religion. |
Maloney Statistics
Maloney is the number 1458 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,629 share the surname Maloney in the UK.
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