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Throughout the world, อ่าน (An , Readen , Reand ) is a widespread unisex forename. The first name อ่าน is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, Vietnam, where it is quite a common largely boy's, but seldom girly name, and Belgium, where it is quite a common girly name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, Vietnam, and India. More frequently, อ่าน is the last name as well as the forename.
อ่าน is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Liu An , the fictional person from Romance of the Three Kingdoms; An Treunen , character in Zone Stad; An old gypsy , the operatic character in the opera Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi; An animal tamer , the operatic character in the opera Lulu by Alban Berg and An Algerian , the operatic character in the opera Intolleranza 1960 by Luigi Nono, and in many other works.