In all the world, Махил (Machiel 
, Махил 
) is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female first name. The first name Махил is habitual in South Africa, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Netherlands, and Belgium, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in South Africa, Netherlands, and Nigeria. Much less frequently, Махил is the last name as well as the forename.