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Globally, Maynard (Maynard , Мейнард , Мэйнард ) is a common male forename. The first name Maynard is habitual in Philippines, where it is quite a rare masculine name, the United States, and Canada, where it is a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Philippines, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, Maynard is the last name as well as the forename.
Maynard is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Maynard G. Krebs , the TV sitcom character, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.