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Around the globe, シェーファー (Schafer , Schaefer , Shafer , among others...) is a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom female first name. The given name シェーファー is habitual in Switzerland, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Germany, where it is a very rare unisex name, and the United States, where it is a very rare largely masculine, but infrequently girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, China, and Germany. Predominantly, シェーファー is the last name as well as the forename.
シェーファー is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Schäfer , the operatic character in the opera Leben des Orest.