Molla Family History
Molla Name Meaning
Muslim (Indian subcontinent and Iran): status name from the title molla ‘mullah’ denoting someone with a qualification in Islamic religious learning (ultimately) from Persian mulla a derivative of Arabic maulā ‘scholar’. See also Mulla . Turkish: ornamental name or status name from the title molla ‘mullah’ (see 1 above). Albanian (northern): status name from molla ‘mullah’ a loanword from Turkish (see 1 and 2 above compare Mulla ). Catalan: from the feminine form of Moll . Catalan (Mollà): variant of Mollar a habitational name from any of several places called Mollar in Catalonia and Valencia. Ethiopian: from the personal name Molla which is interpreted as e.g. ‘he is complete’ in the Amharic language. — Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022