In all the world, اسف (اسف 
) is quite a rare largely boy's, but uncommonly feminine given name. The forename اسف is habitual in Egypt, where it is quite a rare largely masculine, but infrequently girly name, Libya, where it is a rare masculine name, and Iraq, where it is a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan. Much less frequently, اسف is the last name as well as the forename.