In the world, หะยี (Hayi 
, หะยี) is quite a rare epicene forename. The forename หะยี is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare epicene name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. Likewise, หะยี is the last name as well as the forename.