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Around the globe, Sonne (Son , Sonne , זנה ) is a widespread epicene given name. The given name Sonne is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, Vietnam, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare largely male, but infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Likewise, Sonne is the last name as well as the forename.
Sonne is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sonne , the operatic character in the opera An allem ist Hütchen schuld!; son of Zhang Taigong , the Water Margin character; son of Zhou Rui , the Dream of the Red Chamber character; son of Xiangling , the Dream of the Red Chamber character and son of former Shoubei of Chang'an , the Dream of the Red Chamber character, and in many other works.