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In the world, バウアー (Baur , Bauer , Bower ) is quite a common predominantly male, but very seldom girly first name. The given name バウアー is habitual in Austria, where it is quite a rare epicene name, India, where it is a rare boy's name, and Kazakhstan. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, China, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Much more frequently, バウアー is the last name as well as the forename.
バウアー is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bauer , the operatic character in the opera Simplicius Simplicissimus and Bauer mit Ziege am Wegesrand , the operatic character in the opera Tote Seelen, Dead Souls.