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All over the world, Thalib (طالب , Thalib , Талиб ) is a common boy's first name. The first name Thalib is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a common masculine name, Syria, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and Oman. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria. Much less frequently, Thalib is the last name as well as the forename.