Around the world, Àb (Àb 
) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly girly first name. The forename Àb is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely girly name, Tunisia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Morocco, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently female name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco. Very seldom, Àb is the last name as well as the forename.