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Worldwide, Dīdō (Dido
, Didone
, Dīdō) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name Dīdō is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently girly name, Lebanon, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Ethiopia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Algeria, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Also, Dīdō is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Dido | Ethiopia, Italy, Algeria, Egypt, Brazil |
Didone | Italy, Nigeria, Argentina, France, Brazil |
Dīdō is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dido , the legendary founder and first queen of Carthage, The Divine Comedy and Dido , the operatic character in the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell.