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Across the world, 鮑 (Bao , 鮑 ) is a common unisex given name. The forename 鮑 is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common epicene name, Vietnam, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but scarcely girly name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Vietnam, the United States, and India. More frequently, 鮑 is the last name as well as the forename.
鮑 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhang Bao , the Water Margin character; Bao , the fictional character from The King of Fighters, The King of Fighters 2000; Bao and Bao Sanniang , the fictional character.