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Throughout the world, Patiënt (Patient , Patiens , Pasien ) is a common epicene given name. The given name Patiënt is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare largely boy's, but infrequently female name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Nigeria, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but scarcely boy's name. Very seldom, Patiënt is the last name as well as the forename.
Patiënt is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .