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In all the world, Schäfer (Schäfer , シェーファー , Шефер ) is a very rare gender-neutral first name. The given name Schäfer is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Germany, where it is a very rare unisex name. Much more prevalently, Schäfer is the last name as well as the forename.
Schäfer is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Schäfer , the operatic character in the opera Leben des Orest.