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Across the world, ואל (Val , Waal , Vaal ) is a common gender-neutral forename. The forename ואל is habitual in Saint Lucia, where it is quite a common feminine name, Bahamas, and Australia, where it is quite a rare principally female, but very infrequently masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, the United States, and Philippines. Also, ואל is the last name as well as the forename.
ואל is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Spook , character in Detective Comics; Val , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, Chameleons are Forever; Val Toriello , the fictional character from the television series The Nanny; Val , the Star Wars character, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Val , the character from 1998 film 'Brink!', among other works.