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Around the world, Дзэн (Zen , Дзэн ) is a common unisex first name. The forename Дзэн is habitual in Mongolia, where it is a common female name, Syria, where it is quite a common largely male, but seldom feminine name, and Brunei, where it is quite a rare male name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Indonesia, Mongolia, and Syria. More prevalently, Дзэн is the last name as well as the forename.
Дзэн is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zen , the operatic character in the opera What Next? by Elliott Carter; a supposed seer and not much else; Zen Cartman , the Eric Cartman's Mystical set card in South Park: Phone Destroyer. and Zen , the character from "Blake's 7".