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Throughout the world, 岑 (Cam , 岑 , Shum ) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name 岑 is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a common unisex name, Macao, where it is quite a rare female name, and Australia, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in China, India, and Indonesia. More frequently, 岑 is the last name as well as the forename.
岑 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cam Briel , character in Fallen; Zhao Cen , the fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and CAM the Ram .