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Around the globe, Dire (Di , Dire , Diri ) is a widespread unisex first name. The forename Dire is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a common epicene name, Mauritius, and Australia, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but scarcely masculine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Algeria, and Ethiopia. More frequently, Dire is the last name as well as the forename.
Dire is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dire Wraith , the fictional extraterrestrial species in Marvel Comics; Di Goldene Pave , the Yiddish song and symbol; Di Cosimo , the operatic character in the opera Il Postino by Daniel Catán; a local politician; Di Henry , character in All My Children and Di Tollemache , the musical character in the musical The New Aladdin, among other works.