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In all the world, Mìn (明 , Mine , Mìn ) is a prevalent mostly masculine, but uncommonly feminine first name. The first name Mìn is habitual in China, where it is a common mostly boy's, but uncommonly feminine name, Japan, where it is quite a common female name, and Mauritania, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, Japan, and Turkey. Much less frequently, Mìn is the last name as well as the forename.
Mìn is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Qin Ming , the Water Margin character; Kong Ming , the Water Margin character; Ming the Merciless , the Flash Gordon Character; Jing Tianming , the principal character in The Legend of Qin, Qin's Moon and Yan Ming , the character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, among other works.