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Globally, Dafa (Dafa
, 大发
, 大法
) is a common mostly masculine, but seldom girly first name. The first name Dafa is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently girly name, Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and China, where it is a rare masculine name. Much less frequently, Dafa is the last name as well as the forename.
Dafa is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .