Mal is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Malcolm and other names. People so named include:
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Mal mac Rochride, a 2nd-century Irish king
Mal Hallett (1893-1952), American jazz violinist and bandleader
Mal Moore (1939-2013), American college football player, coach and director of athletics
Mal Young (born 1957), British television producer, script writer and executive producer
Mal Walden (born 1945), Australian former journalist and television news presenter
Mal Webb (born 1966), Australian musician
Malcolm
Mal Anderson (1935–2026), Australian tennis player
Mal Aspey (born 1947), English rugby league footballer and coach
Mal Atwell (born 1937), Australian rules football player and coach
Mal Brough (born 1961), Australian politician
Mal Brown (born 1946), Australian rules football player and coach
Mal Bryce (born 1943), former Deputy Premier of Western Australia
Mal Cochrane (born 1961), Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer
Mal Davis (born 1956), Canadian National Hockey League former player
Malcolm Douglas (documentary maker) (1941–2010), Australian filmmaker and crocodile hunter
Mal Eason (1879–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Mal Evans (1935–1976), roadie and friend of the Beatles
Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015), Australian Prime Minister
Mal Graham (born 1945), American National Basketball Association player
Mal Hammack (1933–2004), American National Football League running back
Malcolm Hancock (1936–1993), American magazine cartoonist
Malcolm Kutner (1921–2005), American National Football League player
Malcolm McEachern (1883–1945), Australian opera singer
Mal Meninga (born 1960), Australian rugby league player and coach
Mal Michael (born 1977), Australian rules footballer from Papua New Guinea
Malcolm Milne (born 1948), Australian skier
Mal Peet (1947–2015), English author and illustrator best known for young-adult fiction
Malcolm Spence (Jamaican athlete) (1936–2017), Jamaican sprinter
Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker) (1897–1952), Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor
Malcolm Turnbull (born 1954), Australian Prime Minister (2015–2018)
Mal Waldron (1925–2002), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Mal Washer (born 1945), Australian politician
Malachy
Mal Donaghy (born 1957), former footballer from Northern Ireland
Mal Loye (born 1972), English cricketer
Other
Malupo Kaufusi (born 1979), former rugby league footballer
Maldwyn "Mal" Pope (born 1960), Welsh musician and composer
MaliVai Washington (born 1969), American retired tennis player
Malvin "Mal" Whitfield (born 1924-2015), American 400 and 800 metre runner and three time Olympic champion
Mal or Malhun Hatun (died 1323), wife of Osman I, founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire