The moll Surname
moll Name Meaning and History
- English (Norfolk): from the medieval female personal name Moll(e), a pet form of Mary (see Marie 1).
- German: nickname from a dialect term for a plump, stout person. This surname is widely established throughout central Europe, from Alsace-Lorraine to Poland.
- Catalan: nickname for a weak or ineffectual person, from Catalan moll ‘soft’, ‘weak’ (Latin mollis).
- Dutch: variant of Mol 1.
- (van Moll): variant of Mol 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 152 - Messages: 474
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Laurence (Lorenz) Moll-upstate NY |
 cathiefeck
| 5 |
| The Moll Families in Switzerland |
heinzmoll
| 0 |
| MOLL/Germany, Nebraska |
elainej1943
| 47 |
| Jewish MOLLs in Germany (now Poland) |
Gordon Seyffert
| 8 |
| Molls in Scotland |
gordoncampbell65
| 0 |
| MOLLs from Unterheimbach, Wuerttemberg, Germany | Bev Colgin | 7 |
| Moll in St. Louis | Jim Garner | 31 |
| Germany to South Africa Moll | Alexander Moll | 11 |
| MOLL FROM NY | DAMIAN JUANA MOLL | 3 |
| George Moll - England | Becky | 5 |
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