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Around the globe, באואר (Bauer , באואר , Baauer ) is a rare epicene forename. The forename באואר is characteristic of Austria, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Hungary, where it is a rare unisex name, and Germany, where it is a rare largely boy's, but infrequently girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, Germany, and Austria. Predominantly, באואר is the last name as well as the forename.
באואר is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bauer , the operatic character in the opera Simplicius Simplicissimus and Bauer mit Ziege am Wegesrand , the operatic character in the opera Tote Seelen, Dead Souls.