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Across the world, Jester (Jester , جستر, Джестер) is quite a common dominantly masculine, but infrequently female given name. The first name Jester is habitual in Philippines, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but scarcely feminine name, Tanzania, where it is a rare girly name, and United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Philippines, Tanzania, and South Africa. Also, Jester is the last name as well as the forename.
Jester is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jester , the supervillain in Marvel Comics; Jester , the operatic character in the opera Das geheime Königreich by Ernst Krenek; Jester , the musical character in the musical Once Upon a Mattress by Mary Rodgers and Jester , the musical character in the musical Dracula by Karel Svoboda.