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Around the globe, Maaruf (معروف , Maaruf , Маруф ) is a common principally male, but very seldom girly forename. The first name Maaruf is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common masculine name, Syria, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently female name, and Tajikistan, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Nigeria, Egypt, and Syria. Likewise, Maaruf is the last name as well as the forename.