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Globally, كاردينال (Cardinal , Cardenal , Kardinal ) is a rare male first name. The given name كاردينال is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare male name, Nicaragua, and Philippines. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, and Nigeria. More prevalently, كاردينال is the last name as well as the forename.
كاردينال is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cardinal Roark , character in Sin City; Cardinal Lamberto , the fictional character in The Godfather Part III; Cardinal Jinette , the secondary character of the Van Helsing franchise.; Cardinal , the supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe and Cardinal Campeggio , the operatic character in the opera Henry VIII by Camille Saint-Saëns; Legatus of the pope, and in many other works.