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Throughout the world, 寶 (寶 , Bǎo , Буу) is a very rare male forename. The first name 寶 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. More frequently, 寶 is the last name as well as the forename.
寶 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jia Baoyu , the principal character in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber and Zhang Bao , the Water Margin character.