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All around the world, Нед (Ned , Нед , Netherwood ) is a common primarily male, but very infrequently girly given name. The first name Нед is habitual in Ireland, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Australia, and the United States. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Australia. Very seldom, Нед is the last name as well as the forename.
Нед is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Eddard Stark , the character in A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones; Ned Flanders , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Ned Kelly , the Australian fictional bushranger in the 2003 live-action film Ned Kelly; Ned Land , the character created by Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Ned Moffat , the fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and in many other works.