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All around the world, Nantes (Nantes , ナント ) is a rare principally male, but very infrequently female first name. The forename Nantes is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, Israel, where it is a rare female name, and South Africa, where it is a very rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, and France. More frequently, Nantes is the last name as well as the forename.