All over the world, Bhairav (Bhairav 
) is a common male first name. The forename Bhairav is characteristic of India, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare primarily male, but very seldom female name. Very seldom, Bhairav is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Bhairav | South Africa, India, United States, United Kingdom |
| bhairav prasad gupta Hindi writer & renowned editor (b. 1918) |
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| bhairav bahadur thapa Nepali dance director and scholar |
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| bhairav singh Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013 |
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| bhairav paleja researcher |
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