Around the globe, زعلان (زعلان 
) is a rare principally male, but very infrequently female first name. The first name زعلان is habitual in Iraq, where it is a rare masculine name, Egypt, where it is a rare dominantly masculine, but seldom female name, and Syria, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Egypt, Iraq, and Sudan. Also, زعلان is the last name as well as the forename.