Mallory

English

Etymology

From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”)[1] (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) +‎ eur (“fortune”).

Proper noun

Mallory

  1. An English surname​.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A female given name.
  4. (cryptography, computer security) The malicious party in examples of threat scenarios. See Alice and Bob.
    Synonym: Mallet

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References
  1. Hanks, Patrick (2003), “Mallory”, in Patrick Hanks, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press
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