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Around the globe, ריטר (Ritter , Ryther , Riether ) is a rare gender-neutral given name. The first name ריטר is characteristic of Bolivia, where it is a rare boy's name, Peru, and Germany, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Peru, Indonesia, and the United States. Much more frequently, ריטר is the last name as well as the forename.
ריטר is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ritter Wulf , character in El Internado; Ritter Runkel , character in Mosaik; Ritter Adelhof , the operatic character in the opera Der Waffenschmied; Ritter Huldbrand von Ringstetten , the operatic character in the opera Undine (Hoffmann) and Ritter von und zu Blaubart , the operatic character in the operetta Blaubart, Barbe-bleue, among other works.