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Throughout the world, 霍 (Hom , Haw , Huo ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name 霍 is characteristic of Mongolia, where it is quite a common girly name, Qatar, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but scarcely female name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but infrequently girly name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, China, and Ethiopia. Much more frequently, 霍 is the last name as well as the forename.
霍 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Huo Qingtong , the fictional character from The Book and the Sword.