MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mal mean?
Mal is the familiar north Indian word for goods, possessions or wealth. It also occurs as an ending in older male personal names, where it carries an image of value and prosperity.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
माल
Conventional spelling
Gujarati
માલ
2,736 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mal in Indian usage
8,233 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 3,404 records (41.3%).
- Recorded as male: 4,829 records (58.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 690 |
| 1950s | 1,179 |
| 1960s | 1,588 |
| 1970s | 1,467 |
| 1980s | 1,721 |
| 1990s | 1,246 |
| Other decades | 342 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Gujarat | 2,817 |
| Rajasthan | 2,094 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,151 |
| Maharashtra | 792 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 393 |
| Uttarakhand | 313 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 169 |
| Bihar | 147 |
| Haryana | 130 |
| Other states | 227 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001