Mullen Family History
Mullen Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maoláin ‘descendant of Maolán’ a byname meaning ‘tonsured one devotee’ (from a diminutive of maol ‘bald’). The variants Ó Maoileáin and Ó Maoilín result in a variety of vowels in the Anglicized forms. Dutch (Van der Mullen): variant of Van der Molen (see Molen ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022