Across the world, Mead (Mead 
, ميد 
, 米德 
, along with others...) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The given name Mead is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Egypt, where it is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name, and Iraq, where it is a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and China. More prevalently, Mead is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Mead | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand |
| ميد | Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq |
| 米德 | China |
| Мид | Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
| מיד | Israel |
Mead is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| cato mead American slave, US (b. 1762) |
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larkin goldsmith mead American artist, US (b. 1835) |
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| zerah mead American politician, US (b. 1800) |
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| major c. mead American politician, US (b. 1858) |
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| spencer percival mead American author, US (b. 1863) |
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carver mead American computer scientist, US (b. 1934) |
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| telfer l. mead American football player (1888-1983), US (b. 1888) |
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| ray mead Australian rules footballer (1913-2001) (b. 1913) |
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| shepherd mead American writer (1914-1994), US (b. 1914) |
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| ray mead Canadian artist, CA (b. 1921) |
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| taylor mead American writer (1924–2013), US (b. 1924) |
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| giles w. mead ichthyologist (b. 1928) |
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stewart mead American actor, US |
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| slade mead American politician, US (b. 1961) |
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| humphrey mead Peerage person ID=371102 |
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