Throughout the world, Овадия (Ovadia 
, Овадия, Ovadija 
) is a very rare epicene given name. The given name Овадия is habitual in Israel, where it is a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom female name, the United States, where it is an extremely rare epicene name, and China, where it is an extremely rare male name. More frequently, Овадия is the last name as well as the forename.