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Across the world, Kovács (Kovács
, Kovacs
, Kovach
) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Kovács is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary, where it is quite a common epicene name, Romania, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Slovakia, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Much more prevalently, Kovács is the last name as well as the forename.
Kovács is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .