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Across the world, Laerte (Laerte , Λαέρτης) is a common boy's forename. The first name Laerte is habitual in Brazil, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Italy, where it is a rare masculine name, and Portugal. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Brazil, Italy, and the United States. Very seldom, Laerte is the last name as well as the forename.
Laerte is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Laerte (Laertes) , the operatic character in the opera Amleto by Franco Faccio; Polonius' son and Laerte , the operatic character in the opera Mignon by Ambroise Thomas; an actor.
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