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Across the world, بودا (Boda , Buda , Bouda ) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name بودا is habitual in Egypt, where it is quite a common mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly name, Algeria, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but uncommonly feminine name, and Romania. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Egypt, and Nigeria. More frequently, بودا is the last name as well as the forename.
بودا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Buda , the operatic character in the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael William Balfe; Arline's attendant and Buda , the musical character in the musical The Merry Zingara; arline's nurse.