Worldwide, Ball (Bal 
, Ball , بول 
, and others...) is a widespread mostly boy's, but uncommonly female forename. The first name Ball is habitual in Qatar, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but very infrequently girly name, India, where it is quite a common largely masculine, but uncommonly female name, and Hong Kong. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in India, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria. Likewise, Ball is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Ball, Bal | Turkey, United Kingdom, Nepal, United States, India |
| بول | Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq |
| ボール | Japan |
| بال | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq |
| בול | Israel |
| Болл | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Балл | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Балль | Russia, Ukraine |
B, Bald, Baldwin, Bale, Baler, Ball-Trap, Ballache, Balle, Ballen, Baller, Ballern, Ballo, Ballová, Baul, Boba, Bohle, Bol, Bolti, Bool, Bàll, Bál, Báll, Bâll, Bãll, Băll, Freeball, Ibhola, Longball, Pall, Pelen, Slimeball, Wiffleball, Бол, באלל, כדור, بالل, বল, บอล, บัลล์, ลูกบอล, ဘော, 八尔, 巴尔, 布阿尔, 捌尔, 波, 波尔, 波霸, 球, 鲍尔, and
Ball is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Paul Atreides , the fictional character from Dune; Paul Bunyan , the fictional character; Paul Stamets , the fictional character from Star Trek multiverse, Star Trek: Discovery; Georg Paul Thomann and Chop Top , the character in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and in many other works.
| ingram ball British Army officer, CA (b. 1752) |
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| burgess ball (b. 1749) |
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| harriott mary ball 1764- (b. 1764) |
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| sir william keith ball (1791-1874) (b. 1791) |
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webb c. ball American watchmaker and jeweler, US (b. 1847) |
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| decimus alfred ball (b. 1836) |
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harvey ball American artist, US (b. 1921) |
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| carleton roy ball American botanist (1873-1958), US (b. 1873) |
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| sir william valentine ball British judge (b. 1874) |
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duncan ball Australian writer, born 1941, AU (b. 1941) |
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| bentley ball American musician, US (b. 1900) |
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| seymour alling ball (b. 1902) |
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| sir charles irwin ball, 4th bt. (1924-2002) (b. 1924) |
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| b. joe ball Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 1952, US (b. 1925) |
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| b. n. ball science fiction writer, GB (b. 1932) |
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