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Globally, بوا (Bua , Boa , Bois ) is a common unisex given name. The first name بوا is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Myanmar, where it is a rare feminine name, and Indonesia, where it is a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in India, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, بوا is the last name as well as the forename.
بوا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Boa Hancock , the fictional character from One Piece; Boa Sandersonia , the fictional character from One Piece; Boa Marigold , the fictional character from One Piece and Bois Rosé , the operatic character in the opera Les Huguenots.