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Across the world, Mahl (ماهل , Mahl , 梅尔 ) is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female first name. The given name Mahl is characteristic of Sudan, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare unisex name, and China, where it is an extremely rare dominantly feminine, but infrequently male name. More frequently, Mahl is the last name as well as the forename.
Mahl is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mel , the fictional character from the video game The Last of Us Part II; Mel Jones , the character from Coraline; Mel Bush , the Doctor Who character; Merle Dixon , the fictional character, The Walking Dead and Merle , the character from Pete's Dragon, among other works.