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All over the world, Malawi (Lawi
, Malawi
, Malaui
) is quite a common dominantly masculine, but infrequently girly first name. The first name Malawi is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a rare principally boy's, but scarcely girly name, Iraq, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Nigeria, where it is a rare dominantly boy's, but uncommonly feminine name. Likewise, Malawi is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Lawi | Philippines, Tanzania, Nigeria, Indonesia, Kenya |
| Malawi | Philippines, Tanzania, Nigeria, Malawi, Indonesia |
| Malaui | Brazil, India |