Throughout the world, Маль (Mal 
, Malle 
, Маль 
) is a common gender-neutral first name. The given name Маль is habitual in Maldives, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Brunei, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Australia, where it is quite a rare principally boy's, but scarcely female name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in India, Nigeria, and Algeria. More frequently, Маль is the last name as well as the forename.
Маль is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mal Duncan , the DC Comics character, Teen Titans; Mal , the character from Descendants and Mal Beineke , the musical character in the musical The Addams Family by Andrew Lippa.