All around the world, Rice (Rice 
, رايس 
, Райс 
, along with others...) is quite a common epicene forename. The first name Rice is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Hong Kong, and Libya, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, and Indonesia. More frequently, Rice is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Rice | United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, United States, Canada |
| رايس | Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan |
| Райс | Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| ライス | Japan |
| רייס | Israel |
Alesi, Hrīs, Raes, Raij, Rais, Raisa, Reis, Resus, Rhys, Riche, Ricè, Ricé, Ricë, Ries, Ris, Rise, Risi, Riso, Rys, Ríce, Rís, Rıce, Кондолиза, Рис, Рице, ריס, رایس, ريس, ریس, রাইস, กระฐินเทศ, ข้าว, ข้าวจ้าว, พันธุ์ข้าวโภชน์, リス, リース, 利册, 利测, 利策, 日策, 瑞斯, 莱斯, 赖斯, 里策, and Ｒｉce
Rice is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Rice Shower , the fictional character from Uma Musume Pretty Derby.
| gruffudd rice Welsh nobleman, died 1592 (b. 1526) |
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| deacon david rice (1659-1723) (b. 1659) |
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| griffith rice politician (b. 1664) |
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theron moses rice American politician (1829-1895), US (b. 1829) |
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| harvey rice American politician (1800-1891), US (b. 1800) |
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wallace rice American writer (1859-1939), CA (b. 1859) |
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| collins rice American politician – Minnesota -- "C." House 1873-74 (District 7), US (b. 1816) |
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cushman albert rice United States Army colonel (1878-1932), US (b. 1878) |
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| elliott warren rice Union Army officer (1835-1887), US (b. 1835) |
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| b. lewis rice Archaelogist and epigraphist (1837-1927), IN (b. 1837) |
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burton rice American designer, US (b. 1894) |
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| morgan john rice (born 1848) (b. 1848) |
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| abbott barnes rice American politician (1862-1926), US (b. 1862) |
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| laban lacy rice American academic administrator, US (b. 1870) |
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| talbot edward kirton rice (1882-1954) (b. 1882) |
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