Mal

Where Mal comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mal.

Mal through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #745 among boys with 7 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1896
    Mal Hallett born
    American musician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Mal mac Rochride · Legendary High King of Ireland
  • Mal Hallett · American musician, 1896–1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.