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Throughout the world, Bischof (Bischof , ビショフ, Бишоф ) is a very rare dominantly male, but uncommonly feminine forename. The given name Bischof is habitual in Switzerland, where it is a rare epicene name, Austria, where it is a rare boy's name, and China, where it is an extremely rare masculine name. Predominantly, Bischof is the last name as well as the forename.
Bischof is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bischof von Fiesole , the operatic character in the opera Palestrina; Bischof , the operatic character in the opera Don Rodrigo; Bischof von Feltre , the operatic character in the opera Palestrina; Bischof Rudolf von Scherenberg , the operatic character in the opera Tilman Riemenschneider, Tilman Riemenschneider (Oper) and Bischof , the operatic character in the opera Franz Jägerstätter.