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Globally, ビーナス (Venus , Binasu , ビーナス) is a common primarily girly, but very seldom masculine first name. The given name ビーナス is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a common girly name, Macao, and Philippines, where it is quite a common predominantly female, but very seldom boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Philippines, the United States, and Hong Kong. Very seldom, ビーナス is the last name as well as the forename.
ビーナス is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Venus de Milo , the fictional mutant turtle of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation; Venus de Milo , the fictional character in the 1989–1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game series, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation; Venus , the name of two fictional characters appearing in Marvel Comics; Venus Flytrap , the character on the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati and Venus , the operatic character in the opera Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti, and in many other works.