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Across the world, Kleine (Kleine , Клейн , 克莱恩 ) is a rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly masculine first name. The given name Kleine is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare girly name, Belgium, where it is a rare unisex name, and Netherlands. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Brazil, and Germany. More prevalently, Kleine is the last name as well as the forename.
Kleine is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kleine Klaas , the fictional character; Kleine Ezel ; Kleine Engel und kleine Teufel , the operatic character in the opera Der Preis and Kleine Blumenhändlerin , the operatic character in the opera Julien, Julien ou La Vie du poète.