Across the world, มาลาวรรณ (มาลาวรรณ 
) is a very rare predominantly female, but very infrequently male given name. The forename มาลาวรรณ is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a very rare primarily girly, but scarcely male name. Likewise, มาลาวรรณ is the last name as well as the forename.