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Around the world, บาล (Ban , บาล , पाल ) is a common unisex first name. The first name บาล is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a common principally feminine, but scarcely boy's name, Macao, where it is quite a rare male name, and Mongolia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Iraq, and Algeria. Likewise, บาล is the last name as well as the forename.
บาล is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ban , the fictional character from The Seven Deadly Sins and Ban Midō .