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Throughout the world, காந்தி (Gandhi , Gandi , Qandi ) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name காந்தி is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name, and Kuwait, where it is quite a rare mostly boy's, but infrequently feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. More frequently, காந்தி is the last name as well as the forename.
காந்தி is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gandhi , the operatic character in the opera Satyagraha.