All around the world, Schneider (Schneider 
, شنايدر 
, シュナイダー 
, and others...) is quite a rare largely male, but seldom girly forename. The given name Schneider is characteristic of Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare male name, Switzerland, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in China, Germany, and the United States. Much more frequently, Schneider is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Schneider | Germany, Switzerland, France, Brazil, United States |
| شنايدر | Iraq, Palestinian Territory, Syria, Saudi Arabia |
| シュナイダー | Japan |
| Шнайдер | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia |
| שניידר | Israel |
Schneider is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Schneider , the operatic character in the opera Ulenspiegel.
| gilg schneider (b. 1536) |
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| kaspar daniel schneider 1640-1725; aus Halle/Saale; Respondent in Jena; Jurist (b. 1640) |
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| lorenz christoph schneider (b. 1646) |
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| erdmann gottfried schneider (b. 1700) |
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| schneider, lebrecht ehregott (b. 1731) |
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| kaspar schneider (b. 1760) |
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| lorenz schneider DE (b. 1779) |
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| gottlieb karl wilhelm schneider German classical philologist and high school teacher (1796-1836), DE (b. 1796) |
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| antal schneider RO (b. 1817) |
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| gottlieb schneider Swiss politician (1828-1884), CH (b. 1828) |
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| erdmann robert schneider DE (b. 1851) |
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| hynek schneider holocaust victim, b. 1873-04-27, CZ (b. 1873) |
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wolf schneider German journalist, DE (b. 1925) |
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| gunda schneider holocaust victim, b. 1876-11-11, DE (b. 1876) |
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| baptist schneider (b. 1867) |
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