Malay Family History
Malay Name Meaning
Americanized form of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Mlej: from an imperatival derivative of a dialect form of the verb mlieť ‘to mill’ used as a nickname for miller. Compare Maley 2 and Malley Ukrainian: metonymic occupational name from malay ‘bread made of corn peas or millet’. Irish: perhaps from Ó Máille see O'Malley . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland and is found mainly in Lancashire England. Filipino: nickname from Tagalog malay ‘consciousness awareness’. Filipino: ethnic name from Tagalog malay ‘Malay’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022