Malet Family History
Malet Name Meaning
French: nickname from a diminutive of Mal ‘bad’ or from a derivative of the related Old French word maleit ‘accursed’ (see Mallet ). Compare Malette . French: from the Old French personal name Malet a pet form of Malo (compare Mallet ). French: variant of Mallet English: variant of Mallett . Catalan: probably a nickname from a diminutive of mal ‘bad’ (compare 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022