All around the world, マイナス (Minus 
, マイナス 
, Mainasu ) is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine first name. The given name マイナス is characteristic of Romania, where it is a rare male name, South Africa, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and Indonesia, where it is a very rare masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Indonesia, India, and South Africa. Likewise, マイナス is the last name as well as the forename.