Throughout the world, ملا (Molla 
, Mulla , Mullah 
) is a widespread dominantly masculine, but seldom female forename. The first name ملا is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a common masculine name, Oman, where it is quite a rare largely boy's, but infrequently female name, and Kuwait, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently feminine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Ethiopia, India, and Bangladesh. More prevalently, ملا is the last name as well as the forename.
ملا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: ملا پیاز and Mullah Do Piaza .
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ملا مصطفی بیسارانی poet, IR (b. 1642) |
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ملا علی کنی IR (b. 1770) |
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ملا سلطانمحمد گنابادی Iranian Sufi, IR (b. 1835) |
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ملا حسن دزلی Iranian poet and mullah, IR (b. 1859) |
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| ملا محمدعلی زنجانی Babi leader, IR (b. 1812) |
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| ملا أفندي Kurdish astronomer, IQ (b. 1863) |
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| ملا واحدی PK (b. 1888) |
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| ملا عبدالقادر زاهدی Iranian politician, IR (b. 1907) |
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| ملا مرشد KW (b. 1901) |
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ملا عبدالغني برادر co-founder and political leader of the Afghan Taliban, AF (b. 1968) |
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ملا محمد يعقوب head of the military wing of the Taliban, AF (b. 1990) |
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| ملا بختيار Iraqi Kurdish Politician, IQ (b. 1954) |
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| ملا حسن رحماني Taliban Governor of Kandahar, AF (b. 1963) |
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| ملا دادالله Pakistani Taliban leader, AF (b. 1965) |
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| ملا محمد رسول Afghan Taliban breakaway group leader since 2015, AF (b. 1965) |
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