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Worldwide, Padre (Pai , Pater , Padri ) is a common unisex forename. The forename Padre is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Taiwan. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. More prevalently, Padre is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Pai, Pater | Myanmar, Poland, United States, India, Indonesia |
Padri | Pakistan, United States, India, Indonesia, Malaysia |
Padre | United Arab Emirates, France, Poland, Indonesia, Malaysia |
Padre is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: padre , the fictional character from The Littlest Outlaw; Padre Arsenio (Father Arsenio) , the operatic character in the opera La conversione e morte di San Guglielmo by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi; Padre provinciale , character in The Betrothed; Padre Eisenhardt , the operatic character in the opera Die Soldaten by Bernd Alois Zimmermann; a military chaplain and Padre della Monaca di Monza , character in The Betrothed, and in many other works.