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Across the world, 博多 (Bodo , Boudou , 博多 ) is a common principally masculine, but scarcely female first name. The first name 博多 is habitual in Germany, where it is quite a common masculine name, Mauritania, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Madagascar. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Germany, India, and Madagascar. Likewise, 博多 is the last name as well as the forename.
博多 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bodo Baas , the Star Wars character; Bodo Proudfoot , the Middle-Earth character; Bodo Bach and Bodo , the fictional character from the book Medieval People, by Eileen Edna Power.