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Globally, ハル (Haru , Hal , ハル ) is a common mostly masculine, but infrequently feminine first name. The first name ハル is habitual in Barbados, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely masculine name, and the United States, where it is quite a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, the United States, and Indonesia. Also, ハル is the last name as well as the forename.
ハル 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; Haru Urara , the fictional character from Uma Musume Pretty Derby; Homestar Runner , the titular character from Homestar Runner, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People and Hal Emmerich , the fictional character from the Metal Gear series, and in many other works.