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Worldwide, Narain (Narain
, نارين
, नारायण
) is a common mostly boy's, but infrequently girly given name. The first name Narain is characteristic of Mauritius, where it is quite a rare male name, Syria, where it is quite a rare principally female, but scarcely boy's name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Pakistan, and Iraq. Also, Narain is the last name as well as the forename.
Narain is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Narain , the musical character in the musical Go-Bang; Secretary to the Boojam.