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And thus there are several which might be taken to be from names of women, such as the following:— ANNE, NANNY, BETTY, SALL, MOLL, PEGG, BABB, MAGG, MEGGY, MAY, MAYO, NELLY, LUCY, KITTY, HANNAH, MAUDE.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

MOLL, a female companion, is probably merely the nickname for Mary, but it is worth observing, that Mal in old Gipsy, or in German Gipsy, means an associate, and Mahar a wife, in Hindustani.

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey