Frequency: (1116)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: nickname for someone with a deformed mouth, or for someone who made excessive use of the mouth in eating, drinking, or talking, from Middle High German mūl ‘mouth’.
2. German: possibly a nickname from Middle High German mūl ‘mule’.
3. English: from Mall, a medieval pet form of the female personal name Mary (see Marie 1).
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