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All around the world, Patro (Pater , Patro , Padre ) is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom feminine forename. The first name Patro is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Nigeria, where it is a rare boy's name, and Hong Kong. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Nigeria, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, Patro is the last name as well as the forename.
Patro is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Patro Caspero , the operatic character in the opera L'Armida immaginaria by Domenico Cimarosa; Patro ; padre , the fictional character from The Littlest Outlaw; Pater Heilmann , the operatic character in the opera Undine by Albert Lortzing and Padre Arsenio (Father Arsenio) , the operatic character in the opera La conversione e morte di San Guglielmo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, and in many other works.