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All over the world, Sakura (Sakura
, サクラ
, 櫻
, and others...) is a common largely girly, but seldom male first name. The forename Sakura is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a rare girly name, Macao, and Hong Kong, where it is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in India, Indonesia, and Japan. Also, Sakura is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Sakura | Myanmar, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia |
| サクラ | Japan |
| 櫻 | China |
| ساكورا | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen |
| ซากุระ | Thailand |
| Сакура | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Ukraine |
Sakura is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sakura Kinomoto , the fictional character from Cardcaptor Sakura; Sakura Haruno , the fictional character in the Naruto franchise; Sakura Minamoto , the fictional zombie idol from Zombie Land Saga; Sakura Amamiya , the fictional character from Sakura Wars and Sakura Bakushin O , the fictional character from Uma Musume Pretty Derby, and in many other works.