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In all the world, Cardinal (Cardinal , Кардинал , كاردينال) is a rare boy's first name. The given name Cardinal is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, Philippines, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare primarily male, but very infrequently feminine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Cardinal is the last name as well as the forename.
Cardinal is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cardinal Roark , character in Sin City; Cardinal Lamberto , the fictional character in The Godfather Part III; Cardinal Jinette , the secondary character of the Van Helsing franchise.; Cardinal , the supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe and Cardinal Campeggio , the operatic character in the opera Henry VIII by Camille Saint-Saëns; Legatus of the pope, and in many other works.