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In all the world, ולש (Welch , Welsh , ולש ) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name ולש is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare epicene name, South Africa, where it is a rare boy's name, and the United States, where it is a very rare largely masculine, but seldom girly name. Much more frequently, ולש is the last name as well as the forename.
ולש is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Welsh Herald/Tempter , the operatic character in the opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus by Peter Maxwell Davies.