Across the world, العوفي (العوفي 
) is a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly female forename. The forename العوفي is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly female name, Oman, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Algeria, where it is a rare boy's name. Much more frequently, العوفي is the last name as well as the forename.