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Throughout the world, Malaya (Malaya , Малая , มลายา ) is a common epicene first name. The first name Malaya is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Philippines, where it is a rare principally feminine, but scarcely boy's name, and Oman, where it is a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Philippines, and Bangladesh. Likewise, Malaya is the last name as well as the forename.
Malaya is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!