Malala primarily refers to Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girls' education activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Malala may also refer to: 316201 Malala, an asteroid named in honour of Malala Yousafzai Malala (village), a village in India Malalai of Maiwand, a female national folk hero of Afghanistan, also known as Malala Mala language, a Papuan language, also known as Malala language Mallala, South Australia, a city in Australia