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Worldwide, Xiuju (秀菊 , 秀举 , 修菊 ) is a common principally girly, but scarcely boy's first name. The first name Xiuju is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but very infrequently boy's name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare unisex name. Very seldom, Xiuju is the last name as well as the forename.
Xiuju is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Xiuju , the Dream of the Red Chamber character.