Around the globe, سمسمة (سمسمة 
) is a common primarily girly, but scarcely boy's forename. The given name سمسمة is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently boy's name, Sudan, and Syria, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq. Likewise, سمسمة is the last name as well as the forename.