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Worldwide, マイスター (Master , Meister , Maister ) is a common predominantly boy's, but very seldom feminine forename. The forename マイスター is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a common boy's name, Egypt, where it is quite a rare principally male, but scarcely feminine name, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Egypt, Indonesia, and Iraq. Likewise, マイスター is the last name as well as the forename.
マイスター is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Master Chief , the fictional character in the Halo video game series, Halo 5: Guardians; Master Shake , the Aqua Teen Hunger Force character; Master Xehanort , the main antagonist of the Dark Seeker Saga of Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts III; Master , the character from Mikhail Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita", The Master and Margarita and Master Zhang , the Dream of the Red Chamber character, relative of Lady Xing, and in many other works.