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 mul ‘mouth’.
German:
possibly a nickname from Middle High German mul
‘mule’.
English: from Mall, a medieval pet form of the
female personal name Mary (see Marie 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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