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Around the globe, Махмед (Mahmed , Махмед , Maxmed ) is a common predominantly male, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Махмед is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, where it is quite a common principally boy's, but scarcely girly name, Libya, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name. Likewise, Махмед is the last name as well as the forename.