The baby name Maloney is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /məˈloʊni/ (muh-LOH-nee).
Maloney is Irish (Gaelic) in Origin.
The baby name Maloney is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /məˈloʊni/ (muh-LOH-nee).
Maloney is Irish (Gaelic) in Origin.
Maloney is an Irish surname-turned-given-name derived from the Gaelic Ó Maoldhomhnaigh (also written Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh), meaning "descendant of the devotee of the church/Sunday." In Old Irish, maol refers to a shaven or tonsured person - by extension, a religious follower - while domhnach denotes Sunday or a church, from Latin dominica. Common variants include Moloney and O’Maloney; Malone is related in sound but stems from a different Gaelic root. As a given name, Maloney reads gender-neutral and keeps a strong Irish lilt.
Born in Gaelic Munster, especially County Clare and neighboring areas, the Maloney/Moloney families were prominent in medieval and early modern records and spread widely through the Irish diaspora in the nineteenth century. In contemporary use, Maloney as a first name follows the broader trend of adopting distinctive surnames as forenames, chosen for its heritage resonance and the quietly devout meaning embedded in its etymology.
Maloney is vanishingly rare. We hold just 23 recorded uses of it, from 14 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #292 | 2 | 6,876 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,232 | 5 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Maloney is popular in 14 countries — most recent births per country:
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