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Throughout the world, 持 (持 , Chí , 지 ) is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom feminine first name. The first name 持 is characteristic of Vietnam, where it is quite a rare male name, Algeria, where it is a rare unisex name, and South Korea, where it is a rare female name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, Vietnam, and Algeria. More prevalently, 持 is the last name as well as the forename.
持 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yang Zhi , the Water Margin character; Zhou Zhiruo , the fictional character, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber; Jia Zhǐ , the Dream of the Red Chamber character 賈芷; Gong Zhi , the fictional character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Cheng Zhi , the fictional character, 24.