Name

Name MAL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 96 births of Mal in the countries below, which represents an average of 1 birth of children bearing the first name Mal per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 19 births.

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En Français

Prénom Mal
In Italiano

Nome Mal

Information about the first name Mal

The first name Mal has been assigned to:

91.67% to boys
8.33% to girls

The country where the first name Mal is the most common is:

Switzerland

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Mal

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Mal : Aml, Lam, Lâm

Anacyclics of the first name Mal

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Mal: Lam, Lâm

Mal in Japanese ^*

Romaji	maru
Katakana	マル
Hiragana	まる
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Origin and meaning of name Mal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mal (“illness”). Doublet of malus.

Etymology

Clipping of malibu.

Etymology

Clipping of malleolus.

Etymology (Noun)

mal (plural mals)
(only in set phrases) illness, affliction.

Etymology (See also)

Etymology (Noun)

mal (plural mals)
(surfing) A longboard (type of surfboard).

Etymology (Noun)

mal (plural mals)
(medicine, informal) A malleolus.

Anagrams

ALM, AML, LAM, Lam, Lam., M.L.A., MLA, alm, lam

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mæl/
Rhymes: -æl

Middle English

Adjective

mal
Alternative form of male

Noun

mal
Alternative form of male

French

Etymology

From Old French mal, from Latin malus, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“bad, wrong”). Near cognates include Portuguese mal, Italian male and Spanish malo.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin male.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin male.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Etymology (Adverb)

mal
evilly
badly; poorly

French

Etymology (Adjective)

mal (feminine male, masculine plural maux, feminine plural males)
(in set phrases and limited constructions) bad
bon an, mal an ― good year, bad year
bon gré, mal gré ― willy-nilly (literally, “good will, bad will”)
Il est mal de [infinitive] ― It’s wrong to [infinitive]
C’est mal de [infinitive] ― It’s wrong to [infinitive]

Etymology (Adverb)

mal
badly
C’est mal fait. ― It's done badly.

Old French

Etymology (Adjective)

mal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular male, comparative peior, superlative peior)
bad (undesirable; not good)

Etymology (Noun)

mal m (oblique plural maus or max or mals, nominative singular maus or max or mals, nominative plural mal)
evil
pain, suffering

French

Anagrams

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mal/

Proper noun

Mal m
Section of Tongres in Belgium

General

Etymology

From .

Etymology

From English mall.

Etymology (Noun)

mal m (definite singular malen, indefinite plural malar, definite plural malane)
a template

Etymology (Adjective)

mal
(Brazil) Misspelling of mau.

Proper noun

Mal
A short form of given names such as Mallory, Malcolm etc.

Spanish

Etymology

Apocopic form of malo, from Latin malus, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“bad, wrong”).

Etymology

From Latin male.

Etymology (Adjective)

mal m (apocopate, standard form malo)
(before the noun) Apocopic form of malo bad; evil
amiss, awry, off, wrong

Etymology (Adverb)

mal (comparative peor)
badly, poorly, ill
awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly
hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English)

Etymology (Noun)

mal m (plural males)
evil, harm; a bad thing or situation
de mal en peor ― from bad to worse
disease, illness, ailment
worse (substantive)
para bien o para mal ― for better or for worse

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmal/ [ˈmal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: mal

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mal, from Middle Dutch mal.

Adjective

mal (attributive mal, comparative maller, superlative malste)
crazy

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mal.

Etymology

From Malay mal, from Arabic مَال (māl).

Etymology

From Dutch mal (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, from Latin modulus (“measure”). Doublet of modulus.

Etymology (Noun)

mal (first-person possessive malku, second-person possessive malmu, third-person possessive malnya)
head
Synonym: kepala
top (of kris)
Synonym: ganja
bottom (of a blade)
Synonym: pangkal

Etymology (Noun)

mal (first-person possessive malku, second-person possessive malmu, third-person possessive malnya)
treasure
Synonyms: khazanah, harta benda
synonym of dana

Etymology (Noun)

mal (first-person possessive malku, second-person possessive malmu, third-person possessive malnya)
mold, cast.
Synonym: cetakan
pattern.
Synonym: pola

Etymology (Noun)

mal (first-person possessive malku, second-person possessive malmu, third-person possessive malnya)
shopping centre, mall.
Synonyms: plaza, pusat perbelanjaan

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈmal]
Hyphenation: mal

Slovak

Participle

mal
masculine singular l-participle of mať

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [mal]

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mailą.

Alternative forms

maal

Noun

māl n
mole (spot on the skin)
mark, spot

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mɑːl/

Noun (Descendants)

Middle English: mal, mole, moolEnglish: mole
Scots: mail, mold

Interlingua

Adjective

mal (comparative plus mal, superlative le plus mal)
bad
evil

Adverb

mal (comparative plus mal, superlative le plus mal)
badly, poorly
wrongfully

Noun

mal (plural males)
bad, badness, something bad
evil
illness
pain, ache

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Alternative forms

Noun

mal
evil, harm

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mal.

Adjective

mal m (feminine singular male or malle, masculine plural maulx, feminine plural males or malles)
bad; evil

Noun

mal m (plural maulx)
bad act

Adjective (Descendants)

French: mal

Noun (Descendants)

French: mal→ English: mal

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mal, from Latin male (“badly; wrongly”).

Etymology (Adverb)

mal (comparable, comparative pior)
badly (in a faulty, dysfunctional or incorrect manner)
(preceding verbs) hardly; barely
wrong (incorrect)
unfavourably (in an unfavourable manner)
(in compounds) evilly
mal-assombrado ― haunted (literally, “evilly-shadowed”)
mal-agourado ― cursed (literally, “evilly-foreboded”)

Etymology (Alternative forms)

mar (eye dialect spelling, representing Caipira Portuguese)

Etymology (Conjunction)

mal
have/had just; have/had barely

Etymology (Noun)

mal m (plural males)
(uncountable) evil (malevolent forces or behaviour)
harm
malady (any ailment or disease, especially a lingering one)

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: mal
Kabuverdianu: mal

Pronunciation

Homophone: mau (Brazil)
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: mal

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mal, from Latin male.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mal, from Latin malum.

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300 (máále), from Latin manualis (“manual”). Cognate with Portuguese mangual.

Etymology (Adverb)

mal
badly
Antonym: ben

Etymology (Noun)

mal m (plural males)
misfortune
bad; evil
sickness; desease

Etymology (Adjective)

mal m sg
(before the noun) Apocopic form of malo

Etymology (Alternative forms)

malle, mallo, manle, manlle

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmal/

Icelandic

Etymology

From mala (“to purr”).

Etymology

See malur.

Etymology (Noun)

mal n (genitive singular mals, no plural)
purr

Etymology (Noun)

mal
indefinite accusative singular of malur

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [maːl]
Rhymes: -aːl

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *malwan, from Proto-Indo-European *molH-(y)o-. See also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉 (malō) and German Milbe.

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology (Noun)

mal c
moth
wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Etymology (Verb)

mal
inflection of mala:
imperative
present indicative

Anagrams

LMA, alm, lam

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mɑːl/
Rhymes: -ɑːl

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مال (mal), from Arabic مَال (māl, “property”).

Noun

mal (definite accusative malı, plural mallar or (dated) emval)
cattle
goods, property
asset
(economy) merchandise
(law) goods, commodity
(colloquial, derogatory) (no equivalent expression; likely) an expendable or ignorable stupid and annoying person, douche, prick
(slang, vulgar) a prostitute
(slang) heroin

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɑɫ/
Hyphenation: mal

Noun (Descendants)

→ Albanian: mall

Noun (Related terms)

emval

Romanian

Etymology

From mal.

Etymology

Cognate to Aromanian mal and meal. From Proto-Albanian *mala (“mountain”) (Standard Albanian mal). See Albanian mal (“mountain”) for more.

Noun

mal n (plural maluri)
shore

Proper noun

Mal m
A village in Oțelu Roșu, Caraș-Severin, Romania
A village in Sâg, Sălaj, Romania

Italian

Noun

mal m (apocopated)
Apocopic form of male

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”).

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mal, of uncertain origin. Cognate with German malle. Possibly related to French mal (“bad”) or Dutch malen (“to grind, crush”) in the sense "broken, twisted."

Etymology (Noun)

mal f (plural mallen, diminutive malletje n)
mold, cast (device to help creating shapes)

Etymology (Pronunciation)

Rhymes: -ɑl
IPA(key): /mɑl/

Etymology (Adjective)

mal (comparative maller, superlative malst)
foolish, crazy, lacking common sense

Anagrams

Danish

Verb

mal
imperative of male

German

Etymology

From the noun Mal (“time”). Partly shortened from einmal, which is also derived from the noun.

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą. See also Mahl (“meal”), which is ultimately the same word. Cognate with English meal.

Etymology

From Middle High German māl, from Old High German māl. Related with malen (“to paint”) and cognate with Dutch maal. Early on influenced by etymologically unrelated Middle High German meil, from Old High German meil, from Proto-Germanic *mailą, from which last English mole.

Etymology (Noun)

Mal n (strong, genitive Males or Mals, plural Male or Mal)
time (as in the first time; many times)
occasion, case, occurrence

Etymology (Noun)

Mal n (strong, genitive Males or Mals, plural Male or Mäler)
a mark on the body, e.g. a scar, mole, etc.
(chiefly in compounds) mark, sign in the landscape, e.g. a milestone
(ball games) base

Adverb

mal
times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)
(informal) Alternative form of einmal (“sometime, ever, once”), may serve to introduce a new information.
(informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maːl/
Homophones: Mahl, mahl, mal
Rhymes: -aːl

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maːl/ (standard)
IPA(key): /ma/ (colloquial)
Homophones: Mahl, Mal, mahl
Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

mal
singular imperative of malen
(colloquial) first-person singular present of malen

Adverb (Derived terms)

Malrechnung
schon mal (schomma)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology (Verb)

mal
imperative of mala

Aromanian

Etymology

Cognate to Daco-Romanian mal. From Proto-Albanian *mala (“mountain”) (Albanian mal). Proto-Albanian *mal- reflecting an ancient Balkan toponym. See Albanian mal (“mountain”) for more.

Alternative forms

malu

Noun

mal
shore
pile, heap

Noun (Related terms)

meal

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch mal.

Etymology (Noun)

mal m (definite singular malen, indefinite plural maler, definite plural malene)
a template

Etymology (Verb)

mal
imperative of male

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mal.

Adjective

Adjective (Related terms)

Popularity of the name Mal

Number of MAL births per year

Popularity of the name Mal

Total births of Mal by country

		Births with the first name Mal
Country		Boys Girls
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	36 4
	Germany 2000 - 2022	13 3
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	12 0
	Austria 1984 - 2021	7 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	6 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	4 1
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	4 0
	Italy 1999 - 2021	2 0
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	2 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	1 0
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	1 0