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All over the world, 通 (通 , Tōng) is a common principally boy's, but very seldom feminine first name. The given name 通 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a rare primarily boy's, but scarcely girly name. Very seldom, 通 is the last name as well as the forename.
通 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhou Tong , the Water Margin character and Luo Tong , the protagonist of historical novel "Luo Tong Exterminating the North", Tales of Tang.