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Worldwide, 寶蓮 (Polina , 寶蓮 ) is a common predominantly feminine, but scarcely masculine forename. The first name 寶蓮 is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is quite a common primarily feminine, but very infrequently boy's name, Cyprus, where it is quite a common female name, and Georgia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Nigeria, and Russia. Very seldom, 寶蓮 is the last name as well as the forename.
寶蓮 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Polina Andryevna , the character in the play "The Seagull"; Polina (Pauline) , the operatic character in the opera The Gambler by Sergei Prokofiev and Polina , the operatic character in the opera The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.