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In the entire world, Gottlieb (Gottlieb , Готлиб , גוטליב ) is quite a common masculine forename. The forename Gottlieb is characteristic of Namibia, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Germany, and Switzerland. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Germany, Switzerland, and South Africa. More prevalently, Gottlieb is the last name as well as the forename.
Gottlieb is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gottlieb Theodor Pilz , the fictional character; Gottlieb Hagauer , the character from Musil's The Man Without Qualities and Gottlieb Griese , the fictional character from Lindenstraße.