Around the world, मैथिली (Maithili 
, मैथिली) is a common primarily female, but scarcely boy's first name. The forename मैथिली is habitual in India, where it is quite a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently masculine name, United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare girly name, and Singapore. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, the United States, and United Arab Emirates. Very seldom, मैथिली is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Maithili | United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Australia, United States, India |
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मैथिली शरण गुप्त Indian Poet (1886-1964), IN (b. 1886) |
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मैथिली ठाकुर Indian singer, IN |
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