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In all the world, バロン (Baron , Barron , Balon , among others...) is a common boy's first name. The forename バロン is habitual in New Zealand, where it is quite a common male name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Ghana. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, バロン is the last name as well as the forename.
バロン is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Balon Greyjoy , the character in A Song of Ice and Fire, Game of Thrones; Baron Strucker , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Baron Danglars , the fictional character from "The Count of Monte Cristo"; Baron Blitzkrieg , the supervillain in the DC Comics universe, Arrow and Baron Reiter , the fictional character from the television series Arrow, and in many other works.