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Mallory/Mallorie

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TattieHowkerz · 11/07/2015 20:19

I heard this name recently and kind of like it.
What associations does it have for people.
Mallory Towers?!

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Tokelau · 14/07/2015 12:05

It's quite nice. I think I prefer Mallorie, don't know why really. I also know a Malaurie, who is French, that's nice too.

stinkingbishop · 14/07/2015 12:03

I think it's great. Prefer it spelt as Mallory, but Malorie Blackman, mentioned upthread, children's laureate, would be an inspirational namesake. Heard her on Desert Island Discs and she was wonderful.

badRoly · 14/07/2015 12:03

Dc1 might have been Mallory if she was a boy. It was in our short list with George and Ralf.

So I'm biased but I like it (but not enough to name either of our ds's it Hmm)

PolShelby · 14/07/2015 12:00

I definitely associate it with Natural Born Killers and Mallory Knox.

barbecue · 13/07/2015 09:48

Towers.

Melanie?

medgra · 13/07/2015 09:47

One of my friends changed her name (I won't mention the name here, Mallory being uncommon enough in the UK), she'd always been so embarrassed by the name Mallory.

Apparently, and to add to the embarrassment, her mother had named her after Malory Towers, but hadn't spelt it correctly, the Blyton book, Malory Towers, being spelt with just one 'l' obviously.

It's not a good name, being more popular as a surname, and I don't think Enid Blyton would have approved either.

Ausflug · 13/07/2015 09:14

I think first of George(?) Mallory, the explorer who disappeared trying to climb Mount Everest.

And Thomas Malory, medieval author.

And then I do think of Mallory Towers Grin

sweetpeame · 13/07/2015 09:09

First thoughts were Family Ties, followed by Mallory Towers. I think it's quite a ugly name.

nbee84 · 13/07/2015 09:04

I knew a baby Mallory about 20 years ago. Named after the Everest climber. I really like it.

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2015 09:00

George Mallory and bad luck.

I like the name but the meaning, especially knowing what happened to George Mallory, put me off.

Appleblossom82 · 12/07/2015 09:05

Mallory in Babysitters Club, Mallory Towers and the climber Mallory.

Not a name id choose, but i dont dislike it and its unusual.

MitzyLeFrouf · 12/07/2015 06:02

Malory Towers (and the rock pool!) and Family Ties are my main associations.

I like it. Not horrible at all.

reuset · 11/07/2015 23:55

Malory Towers it aint. It's horrible, a modern transferred use of surname, American name (some lovely modern names popular in the US, this isn't one of them).

MamaLazarou · 11/07/2015 22:46

J'ai mal

BothEndsBurning · 11/07/2015 22:38

George Mallory who died climbing Mt Everest in the 1920s.

And there's an author, Malorie Blackman - never read any of her books though.

The negativity would come from the mal- beginning, because it comes from Latin malus meaning bad. Hence malice, malevolent, malpractice, malware - you'll be able to come up with dozens of mal-words.

PuckyMup · 11/07/2015 22:32

Mallory is a strong character in some really good tween vampire books so thumbs up for me

maamalady · 11/07/2015 22:29

It makes me think of Malory Archer from the TV show Archer. It's a brilliant programme, but Malory is a truly awful person. Neglectful, racist, self-centred, alcoholic, and a whole lot more unpleasant characteristics.

Sorry, OP, but that's what associations the name has for me.

Twine88 · 11/07/2015 22:15

I'm not sure where the negative meanings come from, but I did read an article whereby someone was disputing the negativity suggesting it had been misinterpreted...i guess ultimately it depends on how you feel feel about. i doubt many people would necessarily know the meaning. If we were to have anymore children, Mallory would again go on my shortlist.

MamaLazarou · 11/07/2015 22:03

Mallory Knox was Juliette Lewis' character in the film Natural Born Killers.

TenPinkFairies · 11/07/2015 21:55

character in the West Wing (Leo's daughter)

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TattieHowkerz · 11/07/2015 21:25

That is a bit off putting. I wonder how all these names with negative e,awnings first come about!

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Twine88 · 11/07/2015 21:12

Just had to check - The baby books I have listed it as meaning unlucky/unfortunate - not sure how accurate that is, but it put me off, silly really - but, you know pregnant and hormonal! Its lovely.

Twine88 · 11/07/2015 21:07

I loved Mallory, also know it because of West Wing, but I rejected it because its meaning - cannot remember what it is, but it put me off!

bookishandblondish · 11/07/2015 21:05

Leo's daughter in west wing is my first thought.

HettyB · 11/07/2015 20:55

I think it's a lovely name! Sadly, my DP vetoed it.

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