Frequency: (109)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Polish: nickname from a diminutive of mol ‘moth’; also meaning ‘bookworm’.
2. Slovenian: probably a nickname for a religious man, from molek ‘rosary’, a derivative of moliti ‘to pray’.
GIVEN NAMES: Polish 9%. Czeslaw, Krysztof, Wladyslaw, Wojciech.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
