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All over the world, Syria (Siria , Syria , Syrie ) is a common primarily feminine, but scarcely boy's first name. The first name Syria is habitual in Italy, where it is quite a rare principally feminine, but very seldom male name, Mexico, where it is quite a rare female name, and Costa Rica. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Mexico, India, and Italy. Also, Syria is the last name as well as the forename.
Syria is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Syrie , the musical character in the musical The Likes of Us by Andrew Lloyd Webber; an evangelist who falls in love with Barnardo.