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Around the world, Buffalo (Buffalo , Bufalo , バッファロー ) is a rare principally boy's, but very seldom girly first name. The first name Buffalo is habitual in Cuba, where it is a rare male name, Italy, where it is a very rare boy's name, and South Africa. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Cuba, Italy, and the United States. More prevalently, Buffalo is the last name as well as the forename.
Buffalo is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Buffalo Bill , the fictional character from The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter; Buffalo BELL ; Buffalo BULL ; Buffalo Bill , the musical character in the musical Annie Get Your Gun by Irving Berlin; owner of the Wild West show and Bufalo .