Etymology

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Irish Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Maol Dhomhnaigh“descendant of the devotee of Sunday”
  2. English todayMaloney

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh (“descendant of the devotee of Sunday”), from maol (“devotee”) and Domhnach (“Sunday”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.