Around the globe, مريوم (مريوم 
) is quite a rare principally girly, but very infrequently masculine first name. The first name مريوم is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Oman, where it is quite a rare female name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare principally girly, but very infrequently masculine name, and Kuwait, where it is quite a rare girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. Likewise, مريوم is the last name as well as the forename.