Malley

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A family name of Irish or English origin, borne by people with ancestors who carried it across many generations
2. An Irish or English surname shared by many families, often traced to a personal name or place of origin
3. A hereditary family name of Irish and English origin, used to identify the descendants of a particular line

Etymology: Hindi "mālī" means "gardener," and English borrowed it during the British presence in India to name the servant who tended the grounds of a house. In that setting, a malley was a hired man, often one of the many domestic staff a British household employed. The English word kept the Hindi meaning intact, so it names the same job it always did, just in another language's household.