Throughout the world, 寺 (Thera 
, 寺 
) is quite a rare largely girly, but seldom boy's forename. The first name 寺 is habitual in Lebanon, where it is quite a rare girly name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare girly name, and Mali, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Indonesia. Likewise, 寺 is the last name as well as the forename.