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Around the world, Kanthi (Kanthi , ขันติ , กันธี ) is a common epicene first name. The first name Kanthi is characteristic of Kuwait, where it is quite a common largely female, but seldom male name, Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but seldom boy's name, and Oman. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Likewise, Kanthi is the last name as well as the forename.