All around the world, الفقير (الفقير 
) is quite a common masculine forename. The given name الفقير is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name, Egypt, and Libya, where it is quite a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Iraq, and Algeria. More frequently, الفقير is the last name as well as the forename.