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Around the world, Kiet (Kiet , Kiêt , Кіт ) is quite a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Kiet is characteristic of Vietnam, where it is quite a rare male name, Australia, where it is a rare primarily male, but scarcely girly name, and the United States. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Vietnam, the United States, and Indonesia. Likewise, Kiet is the last name as well as the forename.
Kiet is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Phantom , the fictional character from The Phantom comic strip; Keith Mars , the fictional private investigator and sheriff, Veronica Mars; Goldface , the villain in DC comics; Kit Porter , the fictional character from the television series The L Word and The Fifth Phantom , character in The Phantom, and in many other works.