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Globally, イ (I
, Y
, イ
, and others...) is a prevalent mostly boy's, but infrequently female first name. The first name イ is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is a common dominantly masculine, but seldom female name, Japan, where it is quite a common boy's name, and India, where it is quite a common epicene name (explore the name in all countries). Very seldom, イ is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| I | Canada, India, Japan, Indonesia, China |
| Y | Netherlands, Canada, India, Indonesia, China |
| イ | Japan |
| Mirim | Canada, India, United States, Indonesia, Venezuela |
| Orléans | New Zealand, Spain, France |
イ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: I. P. Freely , the prank call alter ego used by Bart Simpson in the 1990 The Simpsons episode Homer's Odyssey (S1, E3); I Ching , the fictional character in DC Comics, Wonder Woman; I "Kyra" , the theatrical character in the play "Eviction"; I , the operatic character in the opera Life with an Idiot by Alfred Schnittke and I , the musical character in the musical Rebecca by Sylvester Levay.