Comments for HAL:

On the T.V. show "Malcom in the Middle" Hal is the name of the inept father. He's played by Bryan Cranston.

-- breakofday  12/22/2005

Another famous bearer of this name is HAL, the creepy computer in Stanley Kubrik's movie, "2001 A Space Odessey."

-- breakofday  12/22/2005

I always thought this was a nickname for Harold. Guess I was wrong.

-- wefrox  10/28/2006

Short, and simple. I like it.

-- Anonymous User  11/13/2006

There is a novelist named Hal Friedman.

-- Anonymous User  11/28/2006

I've always loved this name, it's my eldest brother's name, to me it sounds very playful and loyal guy, but sincere and protective, my brother is the only young Hal I know (my father is also a Hal). I think it should make a comeback. Very nice name. It means Ruler of the House.

-- poncho264  3/22/2007

This name makes me think about loudmouthed, balding, obese men who act like jerks. And didn't that man, Hal Turner or whatever, lead to the murder of a person? Not a very nice association.

-- slight night shiver  4/23/2008

Hal is an okay name. It just doesn't strike me as interesting though. To be exact it's downright boring in my book. I think that the simplicity is fitting for some people but it strikes me as just an average name.

-- Anonymous User  7/17/2008

Famous bearer is comedian/actor/musician Hal Harry Magee Sparks III, or better known as Hal Sparks. Known for portraying Michael Novotny on "Queer as Folk".

-- veronica.voodoo  9/26/2009

Hal Incandenza is one of the protagonists in David Foster Wallace's book Infinite Jest.

-- eostre  10/13/2009

Hal is the real name for Green Lantern.

-- Anonymous User  10/26/2009

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