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In all the world, Modest (Modest
, Modestus
, Модест
) is a common principally masculine, but scarcely girly first name. The forename Modest is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is quite a common male name, Namibia, where it is quite a rare male name, and Cameroon, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Tanzania, Nigeria, and Russia. Likewise, Modest is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Modest | Cameroon, Tanzania, Poland, Nigeria, Morocco |
| Modestus | Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, United States, Germany |
| Модест | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Мадэст | Kazakhstan |