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Around the globe, Kanari (金成 , Kanari
, Kanarie
) is a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The given name Kanari is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare principally boy's, but very seldom feminine name, Algeria, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly feminine name, and Iraq, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, Algeria, and India. Very seldom, Kanari is the last name as well as the forename.
Kanari is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kanari , the operatic character in the opera Tote Seelen, Dead Souls.