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In all the world, Leicester (Leicester , 莱斯特 , Лестер ) is a rare primarily boy's, but very seldom girly first name. The given name Leicester is habitual in South Africa, where it is a very rare masculine name, the United Kingdom, and Philippines, where it is a very rare dominantly masculine, but seldom feminine name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in the United States, South Africa, and China. More prevalently, Leicester is the last name as well as the forename.
Leicester is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leicester , the theatrical character in the play "Edward II"; Lester Nygaard , the fictional character from the TV series Fargo; Bullseye , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, Daredevil; Lester Crest , the deuteragonist of the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V and Lester Freamon , the character from The Wire, among other works.