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Worldwide, كناب (Knapp , Knabe , كناب ) is a very rare largely male, but seldom girly forename. The first name كناب is characteristic of Italy, where it is a very rare masculine name, Germany, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare unisex name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, Italy, and China. Much more frequently, كناب is the last name as well as the forename.
كناب is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Knabe , the operatic character in the opera Ero der Schelm, Ero s onoga svijeta; Knabe , the operatic character in the opera Die wundersame Schustersfrau and Knabe , the operatic character in the opera Wut.