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In all the world, קולומבוס (Columbus , Colon , Colomb ) is quite a common dominantly masculine, but seldom girly first name. The first name קולומבוס is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Puerto Rico, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Paraguay. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, קולומבוס is the last name as well as the forename.
קולומבוס is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Columbus , the fictional character from Philip Glass's "The Voyage" and Columbus , the film character.