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Around the world, Boatman (Boatman ) is a very rare primarily boy's, but very seldom girly forename. The first name Boatman is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, where it is a very rare primarily male, but very seldom feminine name. Much more prevalently, Boatman is the last name as well as the forename.
Boatman is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Boatman , the operatic character in the opera Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten and Boatman , the musical character in the musical Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim.