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Around the globe, خیال (Khayal , Khyal , Khial ) is a common primarily masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The first name خیال is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Azerbaijan, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very seldom feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and India. Much less frequently, خیال is the last name as well as the forename.