Malet Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

The name Malet is closely linked to Mallet.

What is the meaning of Malet?

The name is usually explained as “Little hammer”. Spanish statistics put 499 people with Malet in first position and 409 in second. 7,416 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Malet name at birth.

How is Malet related to Mallet?

Without the “l” of Mallet, Malet is a simpler written form of the same name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Maillet.

Does every Malet family have a crest?

There is no single Malet family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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