Mallory
[ˈmæl.ə.ri]Meaning
from an English surname derived from Old French, meaning "unfortunate"
Background Story
Mallory is an English surname, with spelling variants including Mallary, Mallery, Malorie, Mallorie, Mallerie and Mallorey. It is also a given name derived from that surname, and it first became common in the 1980s because of the American sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989), which featured a character by this name.
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