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Throughout the world, Whelan (惠兰 , Whelan , ويلان ) is a common principally female, but very infrequently masculine first name. The given name Whelan is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely male name, Hong Kong, where it is a rare boy's name, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Whelan is the last name as well as the forename.
Whelan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .