Across the world, 友明 (友明 
, Youming 
) is a common primarily male, but very infrequently feminine first name. The first name 友明 is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name, Singapore, where it is a rare boy's name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name. Much less frequently, 友明 is the last name as well as the forename.