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Around the world, Maitre (Maitre , Maître , ميتر ) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom girly forename. The first name Maitre is habitual in Cameroon, where it is quite a rare male name, Algeria, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Tunisia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Cameroon, Algeria, and Morocco. Likewise, Maitre is the last name as well as the forename.
Maitre is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Maître Derville , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Maître Cruchot , the Honoré de Balzac character, La Comédie humaine; Maître Abel , character in Dampyr; Maître Ambroise , the operatic character in the opera Mireille by Charles Gounod; father of Vincent and Maître Ramon , the operatic character in the opera Mireille by Charles Gounod; father of Mireille, and in many other works.