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In all the world, Reading (Reading , 雷丁 , רופוס ) is a rare masculine first name. The forename Reading is habitual in India, where it is an extremely rare masculine name, China, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare mostly masculine, but seldom feminine name. Predominantly, Reading is the last name as well as the forename.
Reading is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rufus Scrimgeour , the wizard in the Harry Potter universe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1; Rufus of Thebes , the Numbered among the Seventy Disciples; Rufus Shinra , the fictional character from Final Fantasy VII; Rufus , the cat from Disney's The Rescuers and Rufus Humphrey , character in Gossip Girl, and in many other works.