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In all the world, Go (Go , جو , ゴ , among others...) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Go is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common unisex name, Macao, and Libya, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Egypt, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Go is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Go | Egypt, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Myanmar |
جو | Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia |
ゴー, ゴ | Japan |
Го | Kazakhstan, China, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
碁 | China |
고 | South Korea |
Go is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jo March , the fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; Go Go Tomago , the character from Disney's Big Hero 6; Joe Biden , the fictional parody character from The Onion loosely based on the real Joe Biden; Joe Goldberg , the fictional character from the book and television series You and Go gopher , the mascot of Go programming language, and in many other works.