Mallery Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Mallery is a familiar spelling of the English name Mallory. Name scholars give the meaning as “unfortunate”.

• Names that sound alike, such as Miller, Müller and Möller, are easily confused in old records.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.
• Spelled with “e” instead of “o”, Mallery shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• The 2010 census count for Mallery in the United States was 2,050, good for rank 14,537.
• Related forms: Malory.

Mallery coat of arms

Arms linked to Mallory and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Mallery surname pack.