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All over the world, Hayate (Hayate , ハヤテ , هياتي) is quite a common dominantly female, but seldom masculine given name. The first name Hayate is characteristic of Morocco, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but scarcely male name, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare dominantly feminine, but infrequently boy's name. Also, Hayate is the last name as well as the forename.
Hayate is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hayate Gekkō , the Naruto character; Hayate , the fictional character from Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round; Hayate Yagami , the fictional character from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's; Hayate Ayasaki and Hayate , character in Street Fighter.