Mulley Family History
Mulley Name Meaning
English (Essex and Suffolk): habitational name from an unidentified place possibly in Essex or Suffolk. The etymology of the placename is uncertain. Irish: variant of Miley and Molloy . Germanized and perhaps also an Americanized form of Slovenian Mulej: nickname for someone who was born out of wedlock from a dialect form of mulec ‘bastard’ Alternatively it may be a homonymic derivative of mula ‘sulk’ denoting someone who is habitually in the pouts.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022