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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Malay

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (Walloon) : according to Debrabandere, a Walloon variant of Mala(he), a nickname for a difficult, clumsy or maladroit person, from French malaise ‘illness’, ‘sickness’; ‘awkward’, ‘clumsy’.

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