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Worldwide, 夫 (夫 , Fū, 부 ) is quite a common principally masculine, but scarcely female first name. The first name 夫 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name. Much less frequently, 夫 is the last name as well as the forename.
夫 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .