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Worldwide, タイム (Time , タイム ) is a common epicene given name. The forename タイム is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a common female name, Albania, where it is quite a rare girly name, and Qatar, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Tanzania, Nigeria, and Indonesia. Also, タイム is the last name as well as the forename.
タイム is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Time Traveller , the fictional character from H.G. Wells Time Machine, The Time Machine: An Invention; Time Trapper , the DC Comics character, Adventure Comics; Time Commander , the comic supervillain; Time , the character from Alice Through the Looking Glass and Time , the operatic character in the opera Atys (Lully), among other works.