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Globally, 鐘 (鐘 , Zhōng) is a very rare masculine first name. The given name 鐘 is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is an extremely rare masculine name. Much more frequently, 鐘 is the last name as well as the forename.
鐘 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Li Zhong , the Water Margin character; Jiang Zhong , the Water Margin character; Bao Zhong , the fictional human in "The Romance of Three Kingdoms", Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Jing Zhong , the Jin Ping Mei character.