Malo Family History
Malo Name Meaning
French and Breton: from the Breton personal name Machlou French Malo composed of the elements mach ‘pledge hostage’ and lou ‘light bright’. The name Malo was relatively popular in Brittany in the Middle Ages having been borne by a 6th-century Welsh missionary to the area (his name is also recorded in the Latinized form Maclovius). French: habitational name from Saint-Malo a place in Ille-et-Vilaine named with Spanish: nickname from malo ‘bad evil’ (from Latin malus). English: variant of Mallow This surname is rare in Britain. Albanian: from a short form of the Muslim personal name Ismail .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022