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Around the globe, Zaire (Zaire , Zaïre ) is quite a rare gender-neutral forename. The first name Zaire is characteristic of Mauritius, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Tanzania, where it is a rare masculine name, and Mexico, where it is a rare principally feminine, but very seldom male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Mexico, the United States, and Tanzania. Also, Zaire is the last name as well as the forename.
Zaire is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zaïre , character in Bajazet and Zaïre , the operatic character in the opera Les Indes galantes.