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In all the world, Go (Go
, جو
, ゴ
, among others...) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Go is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a common unisex name, Macao, and Libya, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Egypt, and Indonesia. More prevalently, Go is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Go | India, Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt, Myanmar |
| جو | Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan |
| ゴ, ゴー | Japan |
| Го | Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan |
| 碁 | China |
| 고 | South Korea |
Go is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jo March , the fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; Go Go Tomago , the character from Disney's Big Hero 6; Joe Biden , the fictional parody character from The Onion loosely based on the real Joe Biden; Joe Goldberg , the fictional character from the book and television series You and Go gopher , the mascot of Go programming language, and in many other works.