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In the entire world, Provost (Provost , Provos , Прово ) is a very rare epicene given name. The first name Provost is habitual in France, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and Nigeria, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. Much more prevalently, Provost is the last name as well as the forename.
Provost is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Provost marshal , the operatic character in the opera Cardillac by Paul Hindemith.