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All over the world, Broeder (Bruder , Broeder ) is a rare masculine given name. The first name Broeder is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, Germany, where it is a very rare boy's name, and China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. More prevalently, Broeder is the last name as well as the forename.
Broeder is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bruder Straubinger ; Bruder Tuck , the operatic character in the opera Der Templer und die Jüdin; Bruder Johann Sebastian Bachs (Johann Christoph Bach) , the operatic character in the opera Bachs letzte Oper; Bruder Peregrinus , the operatic character in the opera Die gold’ne Meisterin and Bruder Ignatius , the operatic character in the opera Die gold’ne Meisterin, among other works.