Throughout the world, Maitland (Maitland 
, Мейтленд 
) is a rare dominantly male, but seldom girly first name. The first name Maitland is habitual in Australia, where it is a rare unisex name, Canada, where it is a very rare boy's name, and the United States, where it is a very rare largely masculine, but uncommonly female name. More prevalently, Maitland is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Maitland | Australia, Canada, Jamaica, United Kingdom, United States |
| Мейтленд | Ukraine |
Maitland is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| sir alexander maitland, 1st baronet British general (b. 1728) |
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| sir alexander charles maitland, 2nd bt. (1755-1848) (b. 1755) |
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| lewis maitland British Royal Navy officer (1812-1876) (b. 1812) |
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| graham maitland (born 1823) (b. 1823) |
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| sir john nisbet maitland, 5th bt. (1850-1936) (b. 1850) |
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| elphinstone vans agnew maitland (1856-1904) (b. 1856) |
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| unknown son maitland (born 1865) (b. 1865) |
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| cree maitland mechanical engineer (1865-1920), GB (b. 1865) |
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| reavely arundell maitland (born 1871) (b. 1871) |
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| coventry makgill crichton maitland (1877-1958) (b. 1877) |
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| graham maitland British rower, GB (b. 1879) |
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| sir john maitland, 6th bt. (1879-1949) (b. 1879) |
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| sir george ramsay maitland, 7th bt. (1882-1960) (b. 1882) |
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| sir alexander keith maitland, 8th bt. (1920-1963) (b. 1920) |
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| sir richard john maitland, 9th bt. (1952-1994) (b. 1952) |
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