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Across the world, Homburg (洪堡 , וילהלם , Homburg ) is a very rare male forename. The first name Homburg is habitual in Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Much more prevalently, Homburg is the last name as well as the forename.
Homburg is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Friedrich Wilhelm Marcus , the character from Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks; Wilhelm Melchior , the character in Olivier Assayas' film Clouds of Sils Maria; Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein , character in A Scandal in Bohemia; Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse , the major enemy in the Wolfenstein series, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wilhelm Hoppenstedt , character in Pappa Ante Portas, among other works.