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All around the world, عوف (عوف , Auf , Ouf ) is quite a common boy's first name. The first name عوف is habitual in Oman, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Egypt, and Iraq. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Iraq, and Indonesia. Likewise, عوف is the last name as well as the forename.
عوف is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ouf 1 , the operatic character in the opera L'étoile by Emmanuel Chabrier; king of the 36 realms.