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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish (Monaghan and Cavan) : when stressed on the first syllable, this is of Norman origin, from Old French masle, madle ‘male’.
  • Irish (Monaghan and Cavan) : With the stress on the second syllable, it is a variant of Madole.

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