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Throughout the world, Friar (Frere , Friar , Фрайер ) is a rare principally male, but very infrequently female first name. The first name Friar is habitual in Cameroon, where it is a rare masculine name, Tunisia, and Algeria. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Algeria. More prevalently, Friar is the last name as well as the forename.
Friar is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Friar Tuck , the character from the Robin Hood legend, Ivanhoe; Friar Laurence , the Shakespeare character, Romeo and Juliet; Friar Tuck , the character from Disney's Robin Hood; Friar Tuck , the character from Princess of Thieves and Friar Timoteo , the character in the play "La Mandragola", The Mandrake, among other works.