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In the world, Gautama (Gautama , بودا , गौतम ) is a common largely masculine, but infrequently feminine first name. The first name Gautama is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a rare unisex name, India, where it is a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly name, and Libya, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Egypt, and Indonesia. Also, Gautama is the last name as well as the forename.