Släkthistoria för Malis
Malis Vad efternamn betyder
Polish: from the adjective mały ‘small little’ (see below). In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the variants Małys Małysz and Malisz. Compare Malish. Czech Slovak and Croatian (Mališ): nickname for a physically small man derived from Czech and Slovak malý Croatian mali ‘small little’ or based on Croatian mališ ‘little one’. Compare Malish. Jewish (from Ukraine): metronymic a variant of Malin with the Yiddish possessive suffix -s.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
