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Globally, Mallya (Mallya , マリヤ , ماليا ) is a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly feminine first name. The first name Mallya is characteristic of India, where it is an extremely rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare male name. Much more frequently, Mallya is the last name as well as the forename.
Mallya is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: María Lionza , the Venezuelan female deity; María LaGuerta , the fictional human, Dexter; Maria Varona ; Lucía Álvarez , character in There is no one living here and Malia Tate , the fictional character from the television series Teen Wolf, among other works.