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Globally, Mallory (Mallory , מלורי , Мэллори ) is a common principally female, but scarcely masculine forename. The first name Mallory is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a common primarily feminine, but very seldom boy's name, New Zealand, where it is quite a rare female name, and Albania. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and France. Very seldom, Mallory is the last name as well as the forename.
Mallory is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mallory , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, April Fool; Mallory O'Brien , the character in The West Wing; Mallory Grace , character in The Spiderwick Chronicles and Malory Archer , the fictional spymaster, Archer.