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All around the world, Âge (Alter , Âge , Atge ) is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom girly forename. The first name Âge is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Israel, where it is quite a rare male name, Syria, and Lebanon, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Israel, Philippines, and Indonesia. Likewise, Âge is the last name as well as the forename.
Âge is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Alter Anführer der Diebe , the operatic character in the opera María de Buenos Aires; Alter Saporoger , the operatic character in the opera Pantöffelchen, Cherevichki; Alter Mann , the operatic character in the opera Waiting for the Barbarians; Alter Mann , the operatic character in the opera Mona and Alter Araber , the operatic character in the opera Julietta (Martinů), among other works.