All over the world, ลิ้ว (Lio 
, ลิ้ว) is quite a common dominantly boy's, but infrequently female first name. The first name ลิ้ว is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common epicene name, Guatemala, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare mostly male, but infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Italy. Also, ลิ้ว is the last name as well as the forename.