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Around the world, إل. (L , L. , Peg ) is a widespread unisex first name. The given name إل. is characteristic of the United Kingdom, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Australia, where it is quite a common mostly girly, but infrequently boy's name, and Indonesia, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. More prevalently, إل. is the last name as well as the forename.
إل. is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: L , the fictional character from Death Note; Benjamin L. Willard , the fictional character in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now; Peg Leg Joe , the eighteenth century abolitionist whose existence is disputed; Peg Powler , the hag and water spirit in English folklore and L. Frank Baum/Wizard , the musical character in the musical The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, among other works.