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Across the world, Marchioness (Marcha , Marchionissa , Marchioness) is quite a rare mostly female, but uncommonly boy's first name. The first name Marchioness is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is a rare female name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Dominican Republic. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, India, and the United States. Likewise, Marchioness is the last name as well as the forename.
Marchioness is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Marchioness Dorimène , the theatrical character in the play "The Bourgeois Gentleman", Le Bourgeois gentilhomme; Marchioness Violante Onesti (Sandrina) , the operatic character in the opera La finta giardiniera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; disguised as a gardener and Marchioness of Birkenfelt , the musical character in the musical La Vivandière.