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Globally, Doust (دوست , Doust , Дуст ) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom feminine forename. The forename Doust is characteristic of Afghanistan, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but infrequently feminine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare boy's name, and Iraq, where it is a rare epicene name. More prevalently, Doust is the last name as well as the forename.