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Throughout the world, Lý (Ly , Lý ) is a common epicene first name. The first name Lý is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common predominantly female, but scarcely male name, Gabon, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Algeria, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Vietnam, Algeria, and the United States. More prevalently, Lý is the last name as well as the forename.
Lý is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lý Trưởng , the operatic character in the opera The Tale of Lady Thị Kính; Ly , the fictional fairy in Rayman, Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Ly Tin Videl , character in Discworld books.