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In all the world, Athy (Baile , Athy ) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Athy is habitual in South Africa, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Indonesia, where it is a rare dominantly female, but uncommonly masculine name, and Ethiopia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. More frequently, Athy is the last name as well as the forename.
Athy is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Athy , the character in James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.