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Across the world, Swallow (Swallow , Своллоу ) is a rare epicene first name. The first name Swallow is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare girly name, Taiwan, where it is a rare female name, and Indonesia, where it is a very rare masculine name. More prevalently, Swallow is the last name as well as the forename.
Swallow is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Swallow , the operatic character in the opera Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten; a lawyer and Swallow / Fieldmouse , the musical character in the musical The Wind in the Willows by George Stiles.