All over the world, قذافی (Gadafi 
, Kadafi 
, Khadaffi ) is quite a rare male given name. The first name قذافی is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, where it is quite a rare male name, Cameroon, and Nigeria, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Indonesia. Also, قذافی is the last name as well as the forename.