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All over the world, Blackmail (Mal , Blackmail , Mál) is a common gender-neutral given name. The given name Blackmail is characteristic of Maldives, where it is quite a rare female name, Brunei, where it is quite a rare male name, and Australia, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, Algeria, and Egypt. More prevalently, Blackmail is the last name as well as the forename.
Blackmail is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mal Duncan , the DC Comics character, Teen Titans; Mal , the character from Descendants and Mal Beineke , the musical character in the musical The Addams Family by Andrew Lippa.