Mallet Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Mallet last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Mallet last name
Meaning of the Mallet last name: little hammer. Mallet is a French surname from mail, "hammer", with a diminutive ending, for a smith or a man who used a mallet, or from the given name Malo. It is common in Normandy and the north. The Mallet family were Protestant bankers in Geneva and Paris, and the Mallet locomotive bears the last name of engineer Anatole Mallet.
Arms associated with the Mallet name
Coats of arms associated with the Mallet surname follow French heraldry, each set out in a short blazon.
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Mallet name FAQ
What does the Mallet name mean?
Little hammer. Common variants include Malet, Maillet.
Where does the Mallet surname come from?
It originates in France, and is also found in Canada, Belgium and Switzerland.
Is there a Mallet coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Mallet coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France (Larousse); Marie-Thérèse Morlet, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille (Perrin, 1991).