About the Mulvy Surname

Some records give Mulvey; others give Mulvy. Both point to the same Irish family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “Descendant of Maolmiadhach (honourable)”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The same family of names includes Mulvee.
• Without the “e” of Mulvey, Mulvy is a simpler written form of the same name.

Heraldry and the Mulvy name

Arms linked to Mulvey and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Mulvy report, with a museum-style coat of arms.