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Around the globe, Prospero (Prospero , Próspero , Просперо ) is a common boy's first name. The first name Prospero is characteristic of Peru, where it is quite a rare male name, Italy, and Argentina. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Mexico, Italy, and Peru. Likewise, Prospero is the last name as well as the forename.
Prospero is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Prospero , the character in Shakespeare's The Tempest; Prospero , the operatic character in the opera Il curioso indiscreto by Pasquale Anfossi; Clorinda's maggiordomo; Prospero , the operatic character in the opera Die Zauberinsel and Prospero , the operatic character in the opera Un re in ascolto by Luciano Berio; an impresario and the title character.