All around the world, Basal (Basal 
, ฐาน 
, Басал 
) is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine forename. The first name Basal is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, and Pakistan. More frequently, Basal is the last name as well as the forename.