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Throughout the world, Koenig (Koenig , König , Кениг ) is a rare male first name. The forename Koenig is characteristic of Austria, where it is a rare masculine name, Germany, where it is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and Algeria, where it is a rare male name. Much more prevalently, Koenig is the last name as well as the forename.
Koenig is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: König Ajax I. , the operatic character in the opera Die schöne Helena, La Belle Hélène; König Bobèche , the operatic character in the operetta Blaubart, Barbe-bleue; König Ludwig XV. , the operatic character in the opera Die Dubarry, Gräfin Dubarry; König Ludwig XV. , the operatic character in the operetta Madame Pompadour and König Kandaules , the operatic character in the opera Der König Kandaules, and in many other works.