In all the world, Block (Blok 
, Block , بلوك 
, among others...) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Block is habitual in Albania, where it is a rare feminine name, Egypt, where it is a rare epicene name, and Iraq. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Egypt, Indonesia, and Iraq. More frequently, Block is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Block, Blok | Germany, Belgium, United States, Poland, Netherlands |
| بلوك | Iran, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, Sudan |
| Bloc | United Kingdom, Belgium, United States, France, Brazil |
| ブロック | Japan |
| Блок | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| בלוק | Israel |
Block is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Brooke Lynn Hytes , the Canadian Drag Character; Block , the operatic character in the opera The Trial by Philip Glass; Blok , the fictional character in the DC Comics universe, Justice League Unlimited; Brock Rumlow , the fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: Civil War and Brock Samson , the fictional character from The Venture Bros..
| theodoricus block German physician and theologian, DE (b. 1460) |
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| veit johann block 1633-1642; Sohn von Johannes Block, Fürstl. Braunschw.-Lüneb. Oberkämmerers (b. 1633) |
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sherman block American sheriff, US (b. 1924) |
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| allen prichard block British military personnel, GB (b. 1899) |
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| spencer block British cricketer (1908-1979), GB (b. 1908) |
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| king block American football player, coach (1929-2014), US (b. 1929) |
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| gay block American photographer (1942- ), US (b. 1942) |
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| mitchell block American filmmaker, US (b. 1950) |
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| hunt block American actor, US (b. 1954) |
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| carson block American businessman, US (b. 1977) |
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| torin j block researcher |
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| roy block Argentine racing driver |
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| morgan augustus coltrane block (born 1988) (b. 1988) |
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| bendix block |
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| turner faith block (born 1994) (b. 1994) |
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