Around the globe, 佐 (佐 
, Zal 
) is a common dominantly male, but uncommonly feminine forename. The first name 佐 is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a rare male name, Georgia, and China, where it is a rare dominantly masculine, but uncommonly female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in China, Indonesia, and Pakistan. More prevalently, 佐 is the last name as well as the forename.