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Around the world, Rowling (罗林 , 罗琳 , พาย ) is a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly forename. The first name Rowling is characteristic of Thailand, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and China, where it is a very rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently girly name. Likewise, Rowling is the last name as well as the forename.