I'Mal

given name · Latin script

I'Mal is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ‘new residence’, but mostly written with characters meaning ‘new well’; also written with other characters, pronounced Aral, with the same meanings.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 4.1M
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 22M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

11 people

Sources
42 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Imal in ID Indonesia, MY Malaysia, IN India and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‘new residence’, but mostly written with characters meaning ‘new well’; also written with other characters, pronounced Aral, with the same meanings. Several families of Minamoto descent and one from the Sasaki line originated in villages of this name. The name is also found in the Ryukyu Islands.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

I'Mal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where I'Mal is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina111 in 4.1M11——
CH Switzerland81 in 1.1M8——
MY Malaysia≈2 est.≈1 in 22M—Imal11
ID Indonesia———Imal42
IN India——1Imal4
TR Türkiye———Imal6

11 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists I'Mal under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name I'Mal mean, and where does it come from?
‘new residence’, but mostly written with characters meaning ‘new well’; also written with other characters, pronounced Aral, with the same meanings. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
Is I'Mal a male or female name?
I'Mal is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does I'Mal have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 11 people named I'Mal, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is I'Mal most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, I'Mal is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 1.1 million people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name I'Mal?
In Argentina, the national register counted 11 people named I'Mal, about 1 in 4.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “I'Mal”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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