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Around the world, 武 (武 , Moo
, Wǔ
) is a widespread principally male, but very seldom girly forename. The given name 武 is characteristic of Guam, where it is quite a common female name, China, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely female name, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare epicene name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. More prevalently, 武 is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| 武 | China |
| Moo | Egypt, Myanmar, Malaysia, Mexico, China |
| Wǔ | China, Myanmar |
武 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhu Wu , the Water Margin character; Takeshi Goda , the character in the Doraemon series; Takeshi Kovacs , the fictional character, Altered Carbon; Takeshi Yamamoto , the fictional character from Reborn! and Takeshi Nakazato , the fictional character from Initial D, among other works.