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Throughout the world, مالي (Mali , Maly , مالي ) is a widespread unisex given name. The given name مالي is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common girly name, Kuwait, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, and Albania, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but uncommonly feminine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Israel, and Algeria. More prevalently, مالي is the last name as well as the forename.
مالي is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mali , character in Ramayana; Mali Doshi , the character in Pannalal Patel's novel Manvini Bhavai and Mali Wolf , the fictional character appearing in the movie « Jaffa ».