Across the world, الدين (الدين 
, Eddine 
, Eddin ) is quite a common unisex first name. The given name الدين is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely feminine name, Sudan, where it is quite a rare male name, and Libya, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, Algeria, and Sudan. Much more frequently, الدين is the last name as well as the forename.
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| الدين | Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Algeria |
| Eddin, Eddine | Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria |
| Al-Din | Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Algeria |
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جناب شهاب الدين Turkish poet and medical doctor, TR (b. 1870) |
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الحسن بن يحيى حميد الدين Yemeni politician, YE (b. 1908) |
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| أحمودة أحمد زين الدين Wali of Mila Province, Algeria, DZ (b. 1901) |
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| نوري شمس الدين Iraqi poet, IQ (b. 1907) |
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| ببا عز الدين Lebanese actress, EG (b. 1916) |
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| نصري شمس الدين Lebanese musician (1927-1983), LB (b. 1927) |
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| كامل محي الدين Jordanian politician, PS (b. 1928) |
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| نصر زيد امين يحيى محي الدين Yemeni politician, YE (b. 1959) |
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| نادر نور الدين EG (b. 1955) |
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| نادر صلاح الدين EG |
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| حسني بدر الدين actor, LB |
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