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Around the world, Straus (Straus , שטראוס , Страус ) is a rare male first name. The given name Straus is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, and Tanzania, where it is a very rare masculine name. More prevalently, Straus is the last name as well as the forename.
Straus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .