Mal

Diminutive of Malcolm, Scottish

"devotee of St. Colomba"

Mal Origin and Meaning

The name Mal is a boy's name meaning "devotee of St. Colomba".

A nickname for Malcolm that at one point ranked independently on the US Top 1000. It still exists as an affectionate pet form, but you’re unlikely to hear a Malcolm introduce himself as Mal.

Mal Rank in US Top 1000

# 992 in the US

Famous People Named Mal

• Mal mac Rochride 2nd century Irish king
• Malvin Greston "Mal" Whitfield American track athlete
• Malcolm Thomas "Mal" Brough Australian politician
• Malcolm Charles "Mal" Peet English children's novelist
• Malcolm Frederick "Mal" Evans English roadie and friend of the Beatles
• Malcolm James "Mal" Washer Australian politician
• Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron American jazz pianist
• Malcolm James "Mal" Anderson Australian tennis player
• MaliVai "Mal" Washington American tennis player

The name Mal in Pop Culture

• Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds character in TV's "Firefly"
• MAL Dr. Blight's evil supercomputer in the Captain Planet and the Planeteers series
• Malcolm Arnold "Mal" Duncan aka Vox a DC Comics character
• Mal Latin prefix meaning "bad"