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Throughout the world, הוד (Hod , Hood , Heude ) is quite a common epicene first name. The forename הוד is characteristic of Oman, where it is quite a common predominantly masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare mostly masculine, but seldom female name, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, and Israel. More frequently, הוד is the last name as well as the forename.
הוד is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hood , the Thunderbirds character.