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In all the world, Bacchus (Baco , Bacco , Bacchus ) is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very seldom female first name. The forename Bacchus is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare boy's name, and Italy, where it is a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Indonesia, India, and Italy. More frequently, Bacchus is the last name as well as the forename.
Bacchus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bacchus , the character from Disney's Fantasia, The Pastoral Symphony; Bacchus , the comics character created by Eddie Campbell; Bacchus , the operatic character in the opera Orpheus in der Unterwelt, Orpheus in the Underworld; Bacchus , the operatic character in the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss and Bacchus , the operatic character in the opera Pomona, among other works.