I am trying to find the origin of the surname Mollindinia, is it Italian or a variant of an Italian name? My gtgtgrandmother Letitia Mollindinia was born in London in the 1840s. Her family recorded some births in Dr William's Library, which implies Protestant non-conformity, but the name doesn't appear in the lists of Huguenot names at which I have looked. A relative believes the name appears in Les Miserables, I haven't yet checked but no matches are found on a French surname frequency site (thanks Julie). An entry in the 1881 census for Mollindinod, a possible mis-transcription, hints at a possible Maltese connection. Scraping the bottoms of barrels even further, I know there is a Scandinavian name Mollind, could Mollindinia be a church Latinization of something similar? Any ideas? Even a confirmation that the name is not Italian would help. Many thanks. Tony Nelson