Across the world, 茂吉 (茂吉 
, Maoji 
) is a rare predominantly masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The forename 茂吉 is habitual in China, where it is a very rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, and India, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name. Much less frequently, 茂吉 is the last name as well as the forename.