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In all the world, Löss (Les , Less , Лес ) is a common mostly masculine, but seldom feminine given name. The first name Löss is habitual in Australia, where it is quite a common boy's name, Canada, and Guatemala, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Much less frequently, Löss is the last name as well as the forename.
Löss is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Les Norton , the fictional character; Les Nessman , the character on the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati; Les trois somnambules , the puppet created by Richard Morin, The Star Keeper; Les poissons-accordéons , the puppet created by Richard Morin, The Star Keeper and Les Battersby , the Television character, Coronation Street, and in many other works.