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Around the globe, Kinder (金德 , Kinder , كيندر) is a common primarily boy's, but very infrequently feminine forename. The first name Kinder is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom girly name, Hong Kong, where it is a rare boy's name, and Ethiopia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in China, India, and Ethiopia. Also, Kinder is the last name as well as the forename.
Kinder is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kinder , the operatic character in the opera La Wally and Kinder , the operatic character in the opera Wozzeck (Berg).