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Across the world, Мендоса (Mendoza , Mendosa , Мендоса ) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name Мендоса is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Guatemala, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Panama, and Bolivia. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Guatemala, Philippines, and Bolivia. Much more frequently, Мендоса is the last name as well as the forename.
Мендоса is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mendoza , the operatic character in the opera Betrothal in a Monastery by Sergei Prokofiev; a fish merchant.