Moll Family History
Moll Name Meaning
English (Norfolk): from the Middle English female personal name Moll(e) Mol a common pet form of Maud (see Mould and Maude ). English (Norfolk): nickname from Middle English molle mol(e) moul ‘mole’ (the burrowing animal) given perhaps to someone who wore moleskin a mole catcher or to someone with poor sight or alternatively from Middle English mol ‘effeminate man’. German: nickname from a dialect term for a plump stout person. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland. Catalan: nickname for a weak or ineffectual person from moll ‘soft weak’ (from Latin mollis). Dutch: variant of Mol .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022