Unfortunate or unlucky
Derived from the Old French surname 'maloret', meaning 'the unlucky one'. It was famously introduced to literature by Sir Thomas Malory, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur, and has since transitioned into use as a given name.
Less common today
Malory isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,126 in 1990.
English writer and compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur
The sharp-tongued matriarch and spy agency director · Archer
The eponymous boarding school in Enid Blyton's series · Malory Towers
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
