Mal is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Malcolm and other names. People so named include:

Mal

• 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 (born 1935), Australian retired tennis player
• Mal Aspey (born 1947), English former rugby league footballer and coach
• Mal Atwell (born 1937), former Australian rules football player and coach
• Mal Brough (born 1961), Australian politician
• Mal Brown (born 1946), former controversial Australian rules football player and coach
• Mal Bryce (born 1943), former Deputy Premier of Western Australia
• Mal Cochrane (born 1961), Indigenous Australian former 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), Former Australian Prime Minister
• Mal Graham (born 1945), American former 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 coach and former player
• Mal Michael (born 1977), former Australian rules footballer from Papua New Guinea
• Malcolm Milne (born 1948), Former Australian Skier
• Mal Peet (1947–2015), English author and illustrator best known for young-adult fiction
• Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker) (1897-1952), Hollywood film director, writer, producer and actor
• Malcolm Spence (Jamaican athlete) (born 1936-2017), Jamaican sprinter
• Malcolm Turnbull (Born 24 October 1954), Former Australian Prime Minister
• 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