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Worldwide, Platten (Platt , ถาด , Platten ) is a rare principally male, but very infrequently girly first name. The first name Platten is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, Thailand, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and the United States, where it is a very rare dominantly masculine, but seldom girly name. Predominantly, Platten is the last name as well as the forename.
Platten is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Platt , the theatrical character in the play "Inherit the Wind".