The molle Surname
molle Name Meaning and History
- German: variant of Moll.
- North German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden bowls, from Middle Low German molde ‘bowl’, ‘trough’, ‘tub’ (from Latin mulctra ‘milking tub’).
- Dutch: variant of Mol 1.
- Dutch (van Molle): variant of Mol 2.
- French: topographic name from a diminutive of mol, mou ‘soft’, denoting boggy ground.
- Southern French: variant of Mole ‘knife grinder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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