Around the world, عليوة (عليوة 
, Alioua 
) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly forename. The forename عليوة is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Libya, where it is quite a common dominantly male, but infrequently girly name, Algeria, where it is quite a rare largely male, but uncommonly girly name, and Egypt, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female name. More prevalently, عليوة is the last name as well as the forename.