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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish personal names).
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MALLIE. Also Mally (Ayr. 1820 Galt Legatees 1.), Maaly (Sh. 1902 J. Burgess Sh. Folk 62); Mailie (Ayr. 1784 Burns Poor Mailie's Elegy i., 1923 Wilson D. Burns 88), Mellie (Abd. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 7), and reduced forms Mall (Ayr. 1785 Burns Halloween ix.), Mail (Ayr. 1923 Wilson D. Burns 88). Sc. forms of Eng. Molly, pet form of Mary (Sc. c.1760 R. Ford Vagabond Songs (1904) 178, 1773 Weekly Mag. (21 Jan.) 128; Ayr. 1923 Wilson D. Burns 88; Sh., Abd., Ayr. 1975). The form Mailie may sometimes also represent Amelia ‡(Abd. 1931). [′mɑle, ′mele]

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