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Worldwide, Itala (Itala , Ítala , Italus ) is quite a common predominantly female, but very seldom male first name. The forename Itala is characteristic of Peru, where it is quite a rare girly name, Italy, and Brazil, where it is quite a rare largely feminine, but infrequently masculine name. Much less frequently, Itala is the last name as well as the forename.
Itala is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Italus , the mythical eponym of Italy and Italo Ferrero .