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In the world, Messiah (Messiah
, משיח
, Messyas
) is quite a rare unisex first name. The given name Messiah is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, Nigeria, where it is a rare largely boy's, but seldom girly name, and South Africa, where it is a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and the United States. Likewise, Messiah is the last name as well as the forename.
Messiah is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Messiah in Judaism , the future savior and liberator figure in Jewish eschatology and Messiah ben Joseph .