Worldwide, Madala (Madala 
) is quite a common largely male, but infrequently feminine first name. The first name Madala is habitual in South Africa, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female name, Botswana, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and India, where it is a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in South Africa, India, and Nigeria. More prevalently, Madala is the last name as well as the forename.