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Around the world, Hurst (Hurst , הרסט , هورست ) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Hurst is habitual in the United States, where it is a very rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name, and China, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name. Much more frequently, Hurst is the last name as well as the forename.
Hurst is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Horst Schimanski , the character in the German television series Tatort; Horst , character in Eragon and Horst Herzberger .