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All around the world, Bute (Bau , Bote , Bute ) is a common epicene first name. The first name Bute is characteristic of Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, India, where it is a rare epicene name, and Nepal, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in India, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. More frequently, Bute is the last name as well as the forename.
Bute is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Pieter Cross , the DC Comics superhero, Young Justice; Pieter Bouten , character in Spoed; Pieter Hardebol , character in Goudkust; Pieter Van In and Bote , the operatic character in the opera Bomarzo, among other works.