Across the world, الابن (Romita 
, الابن 
, Trible 
) is quite a rare epicene given name. The given name الابن is habitual in the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare girly name, Egypt, where it is a rare mostly boy's, but infrequently girly name, and Libya, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Egypt, and Indonesia. Likewise, الابن is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Romita | Argentina, France, United States, Italy, India |
| الابن | Algeria, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan |
| Trible | Canada, France, United States, Myanmar, India |
| Runco | Argentina, Peru, United States, Italy, India |
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الحبيب بورقيبة الابن Tunisian politician and diplomat (1927-2009), TN (b. 1927) |
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| عدلى الشافعى الابن Egyptian tennis player, EG (b. 1973) |
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