Worldwide, Sister (Sister 
, Sista , Сестра 
, and others...) is a common primarily girly, but very seldom male forename. The first name Sister is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Mauritius, where it is quite a rare female name, Tanzania, and South Africa. In absolute terms, it is commonest in India, Tanzania, and Indonesia. Also, Sister is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Sister, Sista | Tanzania, South Africa, Indonesia, Philippines, India |
| Сестра, Систер | Kazakhstan, Russia |
Sister is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sister Gudule , the character from Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame; sister of Hua Rong , the Water Margin character; sister of Yuanyang , the Dream of the Red Chamber character; sister of Mrs. Liu , the Dream of the Red Chamber character and sister of Fei Pozi's daughter-in-law , the Dream of the Red Chamber character, and in many other works.
| sister luisa capomazza Italian painter (b. 1600) |
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sister irene American nun, US (b. 1823) |
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sister dora 19th century nurse (b. 1832) |
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| sister margarita of jesus Princess of Mexico, MX (b. 1812) |
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| sister louise van der schrieck born Nov. 14, 1813, Bergen-op-Zoom, Neth.—died Dec. 3, 1886, Cincinnati, Ohio , U.S.; [Josephine Van der Schrieck], NL (b. 1813) |
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sister christine School teacher, and close friend and disciple of Swami Vivekananda, DE (b. 1866) |
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sister nivedita Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda, GB (b. 1867) |
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sister john gabriel nurse, educator, hospital administrator, US (b. 1874) |
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sister agnes berchmans Canadian artist, CA (b. 1879) |
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sister mary davidica US (b. 1870) |
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sister ignatia American Roman Catholic Religious Sister,, US (b. 1889) |
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| sister agnes Irish nun and hymn-writer (b. 1850) |
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| sister st. euphrosine French-Canadian nun; Superior general of Congregation of Notre Dame from 1917 to 1923, CA (b. 1853) |
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| sister mary xavier British nun (b. 1856) |
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sister eucharia Australian nun, AU (b. 1914) |
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