All around the world, معلومات (معلومات 
) is a rare principally masculine, but very seldom female first name. The first name معلومات is characteristic of Afghanistan, where it is a rare male name, Egypt, where it is a rare largely masculine, but infrequently feminine name, and Iraq, where it is a rare masculine name. Likewise, معلومات is the last name as well as the forename.