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Throughout the world, حال (Hal , حال , Alhali ) is a common mostly masculine, but seldom girly first name. The first name حال is habitual in Barbados, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Israel, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but very seldom boy's name, and the United States, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, India, and Egypt. Also, حال is the last name as well as the forename.
حال is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hal Jordan , the fictional superhero published by DC Comics, The Lego Movie; HAL 9000 , the fictional character in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series, 2001: A Space Odyssey; Homestar Runner , the titular character from Homestar Runner, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People; Hal Emmerich , the fictional character from the Metal Gear series and Tighten , the Main antagonist of the 2010 animated film Megamind., and in many other works.