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Throughout the world, バディ (Badi , Buddy , Badie ) is a widespread epicene first name. The forename バディ is characteristic of U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common masculine name, Algeria, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but seldom female name, and Tunisia, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, the United States, and Algeria. Likewise, バディ is the last name as well as the forename.
バディ is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Syndrome , the main antagonist of the 2004 film The Incredibles; Animal Man , the superhero in the DC Comics Universe, Strange Adventures; OMAC , the fictional comic book character; Buddy Goode , the fictional character and Buddy Cole , the fictional character, The Kids in the Hall, and in many other works.