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Globally, Padri (Pater , Padri , Padre ) is quite a rare mostly male, but infrequently girly first name. The forename Padri is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare largely masculine, but infrequently feminine name, Nigeria, where it is a rare masculine name, and Hong Kong. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and India. Also, Padri is the last name as well as the forename.
Padri is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: padre , the fictional character from The Littlest Outlaw; Pater Heilmann , the operatic character in the opera Undine by Albert Lortzing; 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 and Padre Eisenhardt , the operatic character in the opera Die Soldaten by Bernd Alois Zimmermann; a military chaplain, among other works.