Malays may refer to:

• Ethnic Malays, the ethnic group located primarily in the Malay peninsula, and parts of Sumatra and Borneo.
• Malay race, a racial category encompassing peoples of South East Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands.
• Cape Malays, an ethnic group or community in South Africa.
• Cocos Malays, an ethnic group residing mainly in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia.
• Malays in Singapore, the history and description of the ethnic group living in Singapore.
• Malay Indonesian, ethnic Malays in Indonesia.
• Malay Thai, ethnic Malays in Thailand.
• Malay Australian, ethnic Malays in Australia.