78%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English (Modern) Pronounced Pron. MAL-ə-ree [key·IPA] Meaning & History From an English surname that meant "unfortunate" in Norman French. It first became common in the 1980s due to the American sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989), which featured a character by this name. PopularityDetails Last ranked #100 in 1987 Canada Last ranked #489 in 1996 France Last ranked #532 in 2022 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange Categories American Horror Story characters, Family Ties characters, fortune, LGBT history, love island US, luck, modern English, negative, Summer Camp Island characters, surnames, television, The West Wing characters, ventriloquists, witches