Across the world, Malem (Malem 
, ชาย 
) is quite a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Malem is characteristic of Thailand, where it is quite a rare principally male, but scarcely girly name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Ethiopia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Thailand, and India. Also, Malem is the last name as well as the forename.